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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses for PFS

From: The prognostic role of PD-L1 expression and the presence of polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma cases

 

n

HR (univariate)

HR (multivariate)

Sex

   

Female

23

Male

35

2.15 (1.11–4.15, p = 0.023)

 

Education level

   

Complete elementary school or above

26

Illiterate or incomplete elementary school

32

2.68 (1.40–5.11, p = 0.003)

2.29 (1.19–4.41, p = 0.013)

Disease stage

   

I–III

44

IV

14

4.11 (1.95–8.68, p < 0.001)

3.36 (1.58–7.18, p = 0.002)

Surgery (initial treatment)

   

No

19

Yes

39

0.25 (0.13–0.47, p < 0.001)

 

MCPyV

   

Negative

31

Positive

27

0.67 (0.36–1.25, p = 0.211)

 

PD-L1 expression

   

 < 1%

21

 ≥ 1%

37

0.79 (0.43–1.47, p = 0.461)

 
  1. HRs and respective 95%CIs estimated by the Cox model for the semiparametric PFS outcome