Clinical Study

Prognostic Significance of Serum Proangiogenic Molecules in Patients with De Novo Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analysis for complete response and overall survival.

Complete responseOverall survival
VariableUnivariate OR (95% CI)#Multivariate OR (95% CI)#Univariate HR (95% CI)#Multivariate HR (95% CI)#

Age: ≥60 years1.34 (0.52, 3.45)Not tested1.31 (0.68, 2.54)Not tested
Sex: female0.94 (0.37, 2.39)Not tested1.21 (0.62, 2.33)Not tested
B symptoms10.29 (3.05, 34.71)***10.6 (1.79, 62.65)**3.20 (1.53, 6.71)**Not tested
Bulky diseases2.95 (1.1, 7.88)*5.32 (1, 28.23)*0.84 (0.42, 1.68)Not tested
Stage: III-IV2.1 (0.77, 5.73)Not in final model1.94 (0.93, 4.05)Not in final model
BM involvement1.89 (0.69, 5.2)Not in final model1.54 (0.79, 3.0)0.30 (0.11, 0.82)*
Liver involvement1.27 (0.41, 3.91)Not tested1.50 (0.74, 3.01)Not in final model
Extranodal involvement: >22.09 (0.57, 7.6)Not in final model2.47 (1.19, 5.14)*2.60 (1.03, 6.51)*
Performance status: ECOG 2–46.3 (1.54, 25.83)*Not in final model4.37 (2.12, 8.98)***4.44 (1.84, 10.72)***
High serum LDH3.43 (1.22, 9.67)*Not in final model3.85 (1.67, 8.89)**1.53 (0.53, 4.46)
IHC: T-cell4.45 (1.05, 18.94)*Not in final model2.22 (0.92, 5.36)Not in final model
Anemia6.31 (2.14, 18.63)***10.9 (1.63, 73)**3.92 (1.83, 8.42)***4.14 (1.40, 12.26)*
Lymphopenia2.18 (0.8, 5.96)Not in final model1.80 (0.90, 3.57)2.25 (1.00, 5.07)*
IPI: HI-high1.94 (0.53, 7.13)Not in final model3.24 (1.60, 6.53)**Not tested
Chemotherapy:
CHOP0.25 (0.05, 1.4)*0.2 (0.02, 2.42)***0.41 (0.18, 0.90)*0.13 (0.04, 0.41)***
R-CHOP0.07 (0.01, 0.51)0.01 (0, 0.26)0.24 (0.09, 0.64)**0.04 (0.01, 0.19)***
Serum VEGF (pg/mL)
>668.0 (mean)2 (0.75, 5.3)5.33 (0.97, 29.27)*1.37 (0.71, 2.64)Not in final model
>516.0 (median)2.12 (0.82, 5.49)Not tested0.99 (0.51, 1.90)Not tested
>835.5 (3rd Qu)1.76 (0.58, 5.38)Not tested1.03 (0.48, 2.18)Not tested
Serum bFGF (pg/mL)
>12.15 (mean)1.19 (0.44, 3.23)1.68 (0.37, 7.71)2.08 (1.07, 4.03)*3.31 (1.32, 8.30)*
>9.85 (median)1.86 (0.69, 4.98)Not tested1.75 (0.90, 3.42)Not tested
>17.60 (3rd Qu) 1.24 (0.4, 3.87)Not tested1.96 (0.97, 3.94)Not tested

#Significance level: ***0.001, **0.01, *0.05.