Research Article

Prognostic Value of the Systemic Inflammation Response Index in Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagogastric Junction: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses for overall survival in patients with adenocarcinoma of oesophagogastric junction (matched datasets, 1 : 1).

VariablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Sex
 Female vs. male1.16 (0.72-1.84)0.540
Age
 >60 vs. ≤601.09 (0.74-1.62)0.656
Grade0.0430.491
 WellRef.Ref.
 Moderately4.56 (1.12-18.56)0.0341.71 (0.38-7.67)0.486
 Poorly5.23 (1.25-21.99)0.0241.35 (0.29-6.36)0.703
Tumour size
 >5 cm vs. ≤5 cm1.52 (1.04-1.98)0.0411.01 (0.66-1.54)0.96
AJCC TNM stage<0.001<0.001
 IRef.Ref.
 II1.92 (0.99-3.71)0.0531.77 (0.88-3.56)0.107
 III6.01 (3.36-10.74)<0.0014.97 (2.61-9.46)<0.001
Vascular invasion
 Yes vs. no4.50 (2.58-7.88)<0.0012.38 (1.32-4.29)0.004
SIRI
 >0.68 vs. ≤0.681.67 (1.13-2.47)0.0101.51 (1.02-2.24)0.040

AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer; SIRI: systemic inflammation response index; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; Ref.: reference.