Rhabdomyosarcoma in Adults: A Retrospective Analysis of Case Records Diagnosed between 1979 and 2018 in Western Denmark

Table 3

Univariate analysis of factors potentially affecting overall survival.

Variable	Hazard ratio	95% CI	value
Gender
Female	1	—	—
Male	0.78	0.4–1.5	0.46
Age	1.015	0.99–1.031	0.076
Histology
Favourable	1	—	—
Unfavourable	2.95	1.04–8.36	0.042
Tumour size
< 5 cm	1	—	—
≥ 5 cm	1.44	0.63–3.33	0.39
Disease stage
Localised	1	—	—
Metastatic	2.3	1.2–4.5	0.016

Statistically significant site: favourable sites are GU and head and neck nonparameningeal; unfavourable sites are all other sites, not otherwise specified, and extremities. Histologic subtype: favourable: embryonal; unfavourable: alveolar, pleomorphic, and not otherwise specified [2].