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Table 2 Results of multivariate analysis for OS and DFS

From: Regional lymph node density-based nomogram predicts prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients without distant metastases

Characteristic

OS

DFS

HR (95% CI)

p-value

HR (95% CI)

p-value

Age

1.03 (1.01–1.04)

0.001

1.02 (1.01–1.04)

0.003

Smoking status

    

 Never

Reference

   

 Smoker

1.58 (1.09–2.30)

0.017

  

T classification

    

 T1/2

Reference

 

Reference

 

 T3

1.70 (1.09–2.65)

0.020

1.52 (1.00-2.29)

0.048

 T4

2.36 (1.49–3.73)

0.001

2.00 (1.30–3.09)

0.002

RLND

1.36 (1.03–1.80)

0.031

1.30 (1.00-1.69)

0.047

LLI

    

 No

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Yes

2.12 (1.39–3.25)

0.001

1.89 (1.26–2.83)

0.002

LNN

    

 No

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Yes

1.84 (1.26–2.67)

0.001

1.72 (1.20–2.45)

0.003

LYMPH

0.73 (0.56–0.96)

0.022

0.75 (0.58–0.96)

0.023

  1. Abbreviations: OS, overall survival; DFS, disease-free survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; RLND, regional lymph node density; LLI, lower levels involved; LNN, lymph node necrosis; LYMPH, lymphocyte count