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Table 5 Univariate and multivariate analyses for OS

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

2.67 (1.33–5.38, p = 0.006)

2.30 (1.14–4.67, p = 0.021)

Education level

   

Complete elementary school or above

26

Illiterate or incomplete elementary school

32

2.59 (1.33–5.03, p = 0.005)

2.13 (1.09–4.19, p = 0.028)

Disease stage

   

I–III

44

IV

14

3.72 (1.77–7.81, p = 0.001)

3.31 (1.54–7.09, p = 0.002)

Surgery (initial treatment)

   

No

19

Yes

39

0.25 (0.13–0.49, p < 0.001)

 

MCPyV

   

Negative

31

Positive

27

0.70 (0.37–1.33, p = 0.278)

 

PD-L1 expression

   

 < 1%

21

 

 ≥ 1%

37

0.84 (0.45–1.59, p = 0.598)

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