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Table 4 Multivariate regression analysis of the prognosis of patients

From: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of cervical lymph node metastasis from unknown primary sites: a single institution’s 14-year experience

Multivariate regression analysis (N = 395)

OS

PFS

HR (95%CI)

P value

HR (95%CI)

P value

Age

2.442 (0.941–6.342)

0.067

2.228 (0.863–5.750)

0.098

Pathological type

0.786 (0.599–1.031)

0.082

0.778 (0.592–1.023)

0.073

Pathological grade

0.317 (0.148–0.680)

0.003

0.347 (0.162–0.743)

0.006

Initial treatment

0.723 (0.562–0.931)

0.012

0.862 (0.750–0.991)

0.037

Involved nodal stage

0.351 (0.093–1.328)

0.123

0.292 (0.077–1.102)

0.069

Local recurrence

0.442 (0.198–0.988)

0.047

0.475 (0.213–1.063)

0.070

Distant metastasis

3.686 (2.419–5.618)

0.001

4.804 (3.115–7.410)

0.001