Research Article

Primary Gastric Lymphoma: Conservative Treatment Modality Is Not Inferior to Surgery for Early-Stage Disease

Table 5

Multivariate analyses for DFS and OS.

DFSOS
RR95% CI 𝑃 valueRR95% CI 𝑃 value

Karnofsky index≥8011.5–10.90.00511.6–11.20.001
<804.14.1
StageI/II, IIE11.2–1.90.0111.5–9.7 0.004
IV1.43.8
LDHNormal range11.05–1.630.02
>240 mg 1.18
Age≤60 years11.15–1.90.04
>60 years1.4

RR: relative risk; CI: confidence interval, DFS: disease-free survival, OS: overall survival, and LDH: lactate dehydrogenase.