Prediction of Sentinel Node Status and Clinical Outcome in a Melanoma Centre

Table 5

Cox multivariate analysis of the factors that were significant predictors of melanoma-related death.

Factor	Melanoma-related death
	Hazard ratio; (95% CI)	P value
Age (per yr of age)	1.011 (0.018–0.361)	NS
Gender (male versus female)	1.486 (0.450–0.774)	NS
Ulceration (present versus absent)	2.124 (0.541–1.937)	NS
Breslow thickness (per mm)	1.216 (1.118–1.323)	<0.001
SLN status (positive versus negative)	2.901 (1.254–6.713)	<0.001
Local recurrence	0.365 (0.591–2.914)	NS

CI: confidence interval; NS: not statistically significant.