Clinical Study

Efficacy of Second-Line Pemetrexed-Carboplatin in EGFR-Activating Mutation-Positive NSCLC: Does Exon 19 Deletion Differ from Exon 21 Mutation?

Table 3

Details of multivariate analysis for progression-free survival.

VariableHazard ratio value on Cox regression analysis

1.710 (0.486–6.019)0.430
ECOG PS0.354 (0.98–1.288)0.115
Smoking status1.474 (0.671–3.239)0.334
Brain metastasis0.932 (0.416–2.090)0.865
EGFR mutation type0.563 (0.272–1.164)0.121

was defined as age of 65 years or above.