Prognostic Significance of Serum Inflammatory Response Markers in Newly Diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer before Chemoirradiation

Table 5

Multiple Cox regression analysis examining the relationship between overall survival and CRP, after adjustment for demographic, clinical, and histological parameters in the total sample of 100 participants.

Variables			value
CRP (high/low expression)	0.722	0.233	0.002	2.059
Age > 65 (yes/no)	0.354	0.230	0.123	1.425
ETH (heavy/social)	0.525	0.232	0.024	1.073
PS (0-1/2–4)	0.878	0.288	0.002	2.407
TNM stage; (III and IV/I and II)	0.806	0.282	0.004	2.238

ETH = alcohol; PS = performance status.