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Table 2 Prognostic factors associated with poor cancer-specific survival

From: Post-treatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting prognosis in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma receiving sunitinib as first line therapy

Factors

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR

95% CI

p-value

HR

95% CI

p-value

Age (cont.)

1.004

0.980 ~ 1.028

0.762

-

-

-

Gender (%)

      

 Male

Reference

-

-

-

 Female

1.087

0.574 ~ 2.059

0.797

-

-

-

BMI (kg/m2) (cont.)

0.891

0.812 ~ 0.979

0.016

0.884

0.668 ~ 0.924

0.031

ECOG performance status (%)

      

 0

Reference

-

-

-

 1

1.576

0.907 ~ 2.807

0.105

-

-

-

 2

1.598

0.879 ~ 5.131

0.457

-

-

-

MSKCC risk group (%)

      

 Good

Reference

Reference

 Intermediate

2.743

1.444 ~ 5.212

0.002

2.841

1.191 ~ 6.777

0.019

 Poor

10.155

2.168 ~ 47.569

0.003

7.503

1.282 ~ 40.904

0.025

Synchronous metastasis (%)

1.855

1.093 ~ 3.146

0.022

1.598

0.783 ~ 3.260

0.197

Multiple organ metastasis (%)

1.769

1.033 ~ 3.029

0.038

1.237

0.624 ~ 1.736

0.789

Hemoglobin (g/dℓ) < reference value

0.672

0.565 ~ 0.800

0.001

0.756

0.595 ~ 0.959

0.021

Albumin ≥ 3.5 g/dℓ

0.442

0.262 ~ 0.744

0.002

1.000

0.493 ~ 2.028

1.000

Corrected calcium ≥ 10.0 mg/dℓ

1.352

1.090 ~ 1.677

0.006

1.132

0.876 ~ 1.462

0.345

Pre-treatment NLR ≤ 2.5

1.237

1.012 ~ 1.568

0.021

1.023

0.864 ~ 1.157

0.542

Post-treatment NLR ≤ 1.1

1.943

1.125 ~ 3.747

0.017

2.127

1.021 ~ 4.535

0.038