Research Article

Impact of Diabetes Status and Medication on Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome of Stage II Colon Cancer Patients

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate analyses for recurrence-free survival.

Clinicopathological variableaUnivariate modelMultivariate model
HRb95% CIcHRb95% CIc

Age
60 years1.000.87–2.020.1841.000.86–2.140.193
60 years1.331.35
Diabetes
 No diabetes1.000.74–1.600.6671.000.65–1.490.93
 Diabetes1.090.98
T stage
 T31.001.65–3.41<0.0011.001.36–2.94<0.001
 T42.372.00
Lymph node yield
12 1.001.01–2.020.0431.000.89–1.890.169
121.431.30
Lymphovascular invasion
 Absent1.001.57–3.12<0.0011.001.43–2.89<0.001
 Present2.212.03
Emergency presentation
 No1.001.21–2.750.0041.001.07–2.490.022
 Yes1.821.63

aMicrosatellite instability status was not included in the regression models for lack of complete data (complete data in 52% of patients).
bHazard ratio.
cConfidence interval.