Research Article

Impact of Underweight after Treatment on Prognosis of Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer

Table 3

Clinicopathologic factors affecting progression-free and overall survivals in 29 patients who showed underweight after treatment.

CharacteristicsUnivariateMultivariate
HR95% CI valueAdjusted HR95% CI value

Progression-free survival
 ≥53 years1.910.79–4.630.15
 Stage IV disease1.880.68–5.180.234.891.14–20.940.03
 Grade 3 disease0.940.33–2.700.91
 Nonserous histology2.991.13–7.900.03
 No neoadjuvant chemotherapy1.540.51–4.640.45
 ≤6 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy1.100.40–3.010.86
 Suboptimal debulking surgery3.891.55–9.74<0.0110.041.48–68.130.02
 Weight loss ≥10% 4.071.55–10.64<0.016.901.51–31.540.01
Overall survival
 ≥53 years2.070.62–6.920.24
 Stage IV disease1.920.40–9.250.4211.91.00–141.10.05
 Grade 3 disease0.770.17–3.470.73
 Nonserous histology2.580.73–9.150.14
 No neoadjuvant chemotherapy1.270.27–6.020.77
 ≤6 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy3.840.78–18.910.10
 Suboptimal debulking surgery2.640.88–7.910.08
 Weight loss ≥10% 12.812.54–64.65<0.0115.271.42–164.50.02