Research Article

Prognostic Nomograms for Primary High-Grade Glioma Patients in Adult: A Retrospective Study Based on the SEER Database

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis of factors associated with CSS in the training set (n =3166).

VariableUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
P valueHR95% CIP valueHR95% CI

Age(years)<0.0011.9681.856-2.087<0.001
  <56Reference
 56-75<0.0011.6961.551-1.856
  >75<0.0012.5092.195-2.869
Gender0.3701.0360.959-1.119
 Male
 Female
Race0.1760.9420.863-1.027
 White
 Black
 Other
Marital status<0.0011.1321.089-1.1780.140
 MarriedReference
 Single0.4311.0480.933-1.177
 Separated/divorced0.8451.0140.885-1.162
 Widowed0.0231.1691.022-1.337
Grade<0.0011.6041.393-1.847
 GradeIIIReference
 GradeIV0.0011.3011.121-1.509
Laterality0.0131.0781.016-1.1430.371
 LeftReference
 Right0.3880.9640.888-1.047
 Not a paired site0.3571.0970.901-1.335
Site<0.0011.0851.057-1.1140.108
 C71.1Frontal lobeReference
 C71.2Temporal lobe0.0780.9130.825-1.010
 C71.3Parietal lobe0.0990.9110.815-1.018
 C71.4Occipital lobe0.3091.1050.911-1.340
 C71.8Overlapping lesion0.7521.0280.867-1.219
Histological<0.0011.5531.444-1.671<0.001
 Mixed gliomaReference
 Astrocytoma<0.0013.1982.399-4.262
 Glioblastoma<0.0015.0183.951-6.374
 Oligodendroglioma0.1000.5990.325-1.104
Size(mm)0.0031.0851.029-1.143<0.001
  <26Reference
 27-440.0471.1341.002-1.283
  >44<0.0011.3391.190-1.507
Surgery<0.0010.8170.789-0.847<0.001
 No surgeryReference
 Subtotal resection<0.0010.5760.481-0.690
 Gross resection<0.0010.4390.360-0.534
 Resection of lobe of brain<0.0010.5560.466-0.665
Radiotherapy<0.0012.1261.943-2.326
 YesReference
 No/unknown<0.0011.5711.290-1.913
Chemotherapy<0.0012.1411.972-2.325
 YesReference
 No/unknown<0.0011.7041.524-1.906
Radiation sequence with surgery<0.0011.4871.428-1.5470.727
 Prior to surgeryReference
 After surgery0.3760.7810.451-1.351
 Before and after0.5080.7550.330-1.732
 Unknown0.5660.8430.471-1.509

Abbreviations: OS: overall survival; CSS: cancer-specific survival; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.