Research Article

Prechemoradiotherapy Systemic Inflammation Response Index Stratifies Stage IIIB/C Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients into Three Prognostic Groups: A Propensity Score-Matching Analysis

Table 3

Results of univariate and multivariate analyses.

CharacteristicPatients (N)Median PFS (months)Univariate P valueMultivariate valueMedian OS (months)Univariate P valueMultivariate value

Age group
<70 years54211.30.2825.00.17
≥70 years6610.123.1

Gender
Male36810.60.5823.90.39
Female24011.525.8

KPS
90–10044212.30.0010.00227.40.00030.004
70–801669.221.6

Histology
SCC32610.70.9223.80.72
AC28211.124.9

T-stage
1–225413.2<0.001<0.00128.7<0.001<0.001
3–43549.921.8

N-stage
231713.2<0.001<0.00129.3<0.001<0.001
32919.620.2

Stage
IIIB36913.4<0.001<0.00129.6<0.001<0.001
IIIC2399.621.9

SIRI
<1.930414.2<0.001<0.00130.3<0.001<0.001
≥1.93049.021.3

SIRI group
117115.0<0.001<0.00136.7<0.001<0.001
234511.123.9
3927.113.8

Note. SIRI groups: SIRI-1, stage IIIB and SIRI < 1.9; SIRI-2, stage IIIB and SIRI ≥ 1.9 or stage IIIC and SIRI < 1.9; SIRI-3, stage IIIC and SIRI ≥ 1.9. Abbreviations. PFS: progression-free survival; OS: overall survival; KPS: Karnofsky performance score; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; AC: adenocarcinoma; T: tumor; N: node; SIRI: systemic inflammation response index.