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Table 4 Evaluation of the independent contribution of retained baseline variables for each prognostic score in NSCLC patients with surgery

From: Quality of life predicts survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Variables

Surgery HR (95%C.I.)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Gender (=Male as reference)

   

Female

0.90 (0.31-2.66)

1.27 (0.41-3.89)

1.62 (0.56-4.68)

1.86 (0.63-5.56)

Age (yrs) (<50 as reference)

   

50 ≤ Age < 60

1.54 (0.27-8.91)

1.51 (0.26-8.93)

2.24 (0.37-13.52)

2.55 (0.43-15.11)

60 ≤ Age < 70

3.71 (0.65-21.23)

3.01 (0.48-19.06)

3.88 (0.73-20.71)

3.50 (0.60-20.30)

70 ≤ Age < 80

3.32 (0.57-19.31)

2.84 (0.46-17.65)

3.53 (0.59-20.98)

3.68 (0.63-21.63)

≥80

41.03 (4.84-347.54)***

55.83 (5.76-541.35)***

168.87 (13.26-2150.64)***

283.27 (21.01-3819.27)***

Cancer duration (yrs) (≥1 as reference)

   

New case

2.12 (0.65-6.92)

2.13 (0.64-7.03)

2.67 (0.70-10.12)

3.34 (0.88-12.63)

Cancer duration <1

2.24 (0.60-8.40)

2.16 (0.55-8.49)

3.71 (0.84-16.41)

4.78 (1.05-21.74)*

Type of Cancer (Adenocarcinoma as reference)

  

Squamous Cell

1.76 (0.66-4.68)

2.39 (0.86-6.7)

2.57 (0.94-7.02)

3.62 (1.21-10.86)*

Other

5.09 (1.03-25.12)*

6.01 (1.00-35.92)*

8.25 (1.58-43.09)*

6.64 (1.12-39.39)*

Primary Tumor (T1 as reference)

  

T2

0.84 (0.28-2.50)

1.02 (0.33-3.20)

1.33 (0.43-4.17)

1.47 (0.45-4.81)

T3

0.94 (0.23-3.78)

1.17 (0.29-4.80)

1.38 (0.35-5.48)

1.63 (0.40-6.64)

T4

1.54 (0.35-6.79)

2.55 (0.52-12.56)

4.42 (0.92-21.22)

5.40 (0.99-29.51)

Regional Lymph Nodes (N0 as reference)

   

N1

2.34 (0.85-6.45)

2.98 (1.02-8.68)*

2.73 (1.01-7.42)*

3.80 (1.34-10.80)*

N2

5.32 (1.70-16.64)**

6.17 (1.88-20.19)**

5.65 (1.68-18.96)**

7.39 (2.15-25.43)**

N3

6.74 (0.51-89.64)

16.60 (0.98-282.16)

4.55 (0.32-65.68)

9.75 (0.62-153.58)

Distant Metastasis (M0 as reference)

   

M1

1.73 (0.27-11)

1.07 (0.16-7.39)

1.51 (0.23-9.80)

1.79 (0.29-11.21)

QLQ-C30

    

Emotional Functioning (<83.33 as reference)

   

83.33≤EFS < 100

 

3.36 (1.05-10.69)*

 

2.56 (0.82-7.96)

=100

 

2.00 (0.67-5.96)

 

1.17 (0.39-3.56)

Pain (=0 as reference)

   

0 < Pain≤22.22

  

0.24 (0.06-1.01)

 

>22.22

  

0.83 (0.30-2.25)

 

Nausea/Vomiting (=0 as reference)

   

>0

  

0.12 (0.02-0.71)*

0.11 (0.02-0.63)*

−2 log likelihood

242.88

238.26

228.77

230.68

  1. *:P < 0.05, **:P < 0.01, ***:P < 0.001.