Research Article

A Circulating Subpopulation of Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells as an Independent Prognostic/Predictive Factor in Untreated Non-Small Lung Cancer Patients

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate analysis for PFS and median OS for NSCLC patients.
(a) Univariate analysis

Hazard ratio (95% CI) value

PFS
 Age (≥70 vs <70)1.628 (0.958–2.765)0.072
 Gender (male vs female)1.817 (0.723–4.566)0.204
 Histology (Non-Adeno vs Adeno)1.075 (0.632–1.828)0.789
 Stage (IV vs IIIA/IIIB)2.150  (1.078–4.288)0.030
 CD14+CD11b+CD33+CD15+HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)2.343  (1.331–4.124)0.02
 CD14+CD11b+CD33+CD15HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)1.076 (0.458–2.526)0.866
 CD14CD11b+CD33+CD15+HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)1.115 (0.603–2.063)0.729
OS
 Age (≥70 vs <70)1.516 (0.849–2.708)0.160
 Gender (male vs female)2.553 (0.792–8.233)0.117
 Histology (Non-Adeno vs Adeno)1.006 (0.562–1.800)0.984
 Stage (IV vs IIIA/IIIB)2.060 (0.947–4.481)0.068
 CD14+CD11b+CD33+CD15+HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)2.349  (1.252–4.407)0.008
 CD14+CD11b+CD33+CD15HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)1.697 (0.521–5.527)0.344
 CD14CD11b+CD33+CD15+HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)1.071 (0.556–2.063)0.836

(b) Multivariate analysis

Hazard ratio (95% CI) value

PFS
 Stage (IV vs IIIA/IIIB)1.838 (0.918–3.680)0.086
 CD14+CD11b+CD33+CD15+HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)2.408  (1.368–4.241)0.002
OS
 CD14+CD11b+CD33+CD15+HLA-DRLin (above vs below 90% of controls)2.349  (1.252–4.407)0.008