The Prognostic Significance of Lymphatics in Colorectal Liver Metastases

Table 3

Cox multivariate regression analysis.

Variables in the Equation
	𝐵	SE	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp (𝐵)	95.0% CI for Exp (𝐵)
							Lower	Upper
Age	0.001	0.021	0.002	1	0.964	1.001	0.960	1.044
Sex	−0.521	0.448	1.353	1	0.245	0.594	0.247	1.429
Lesions	0.158	0.252	0.394	1	0.530	1.171	0.715	1.919
Total tumor volume (TTV)	0.000	0.000	0.039	1	0.843	1.000	1.000	1.000
Largest tumor volume (LTV)	0.000	0.000	0.002	1	0.961	1.000	1.000	1.000
Synchronous/metachronous	0.374	0.477	0.616	1	0.433	1.454	0.571	3.700
Tumor periphery	−0.929	0.515	3.252	1	0.071	0.395	0.144	1.084
Tumor centre	−0.792	0.544	2.121	1	0.145	0.453	0.156	1.315
Adjacent liver	−0.883	0.443	3.982	1	0.046	0.413	0.174	0.984

Table demonstrates that when other variables are taken into account, only high LVD in adjacent liver was able to significantly predict disease recurrence.