Table 3 Determinants of patients who died within 7 days in the training set (n = 374).
From: A proposed prognostic 7-day survival formula for patients with terminal cancer
| Â | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | O.R. | 95%CI | P-value | O.R. | 95%CI | P-value |
Age (years) | 1.01 | (0.99, 1.03) | 0.272 | Â | Â | Â |
Gender (male vs. female) | 1.53 | (0.92, 2.54) | 0.099 | Â | Â | Â |
Diabetes mellitus (yes vs. no) | 0.98 | (0.52, 1.85) | 0.953 | Â | Â | Â |
Hypertension (yes vs. no) | 0.68 | (0.36, 1.26) | 0.215 | Â | Â | Â |
Cancer diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Lung cancer (yes vs. no) | 1.27 | (0.72, 2.25) | 0.411 |  |  |  |
   Liver cancer (yes vs. no) | 2.22 | (1.28, 3.86) | 0.004* | 1.63 | (0.76, 3.50) | 0.212 |
   HN** cancer (yes vs. no) | 0.63 | (0.27, 1.48) | 0.292 |  |  |  |
Treatment | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Operation (yes vs. no) | 0.66 | (0.40, 1.09) | 0.107 |  |  |  |
   Chemotherapy (yes vs. no) | 1.27 | (0.78, 2.05) | 0.337 |  |  |  |
   Radiotherapy (yes vs. no) | 0.87 | (0.51, 1.47) | 0.590 |  |  |  |
Clinical signs | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Cognitive (1 to 3 vs. 0) | 3.62 | (2.18, 6.02) | <0.001* | 2.29 | (1.18, 4.43) | 0.014* |
   Edema (1 to 3 vs. 0) | 2.32 | (1.42, 3.82) | 0.001* | 1.94 | (1.04, 3.62) | 0.038* |
   Jaundice (1 to 3 vs. 0) | 2.23 | (1.35, 3.67) | 0.002* | 1.00 | (0.47, 2.15) | 0.999 |
   ECOG score (3, 4 vs. 1, 2) | 6.13 | (3.31, 11.37) | <0.001* | 3.45 | (1.65, 7.19) | 0.001* |
   Ascites (1 to 3 vs. 0) | 1.94 | (1.20, 3.15) | 0.007* | 1.01 | (0.49, 2.11) | 0.975 |
Laboratory Parameters | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   WBC (*1000/cumm) | 1.03 | (1.01, 1.05) | 0.012* | 1.02 | (1.00, 1.04) | 0.095 |
   Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 1.05 | (0.93, 1.17) | 0.445 |  |  |  |
   Platelet (*1000/cumm) | 1.00 | (1.00, 1.01) | 0.031* | 1.00 | (1.00, 1.01) | 0.145 |
   Glucose (mg/dl) | 1.00 | (0.99, 1.00) | 0.350 |  |  |  |
   BUN (mg/dl) | 1.03 | (1.02, 1.04) | <0.001* | 1.02 | (1.00, 1.03) | 0.017 |
   Creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.46 | (1.18 1.80) | <0.001* | 1.00 | (0.71, 1.41) | 0.993 |
   SGOT (IU/L) | 1.00 | (1.00, 1.01) | 0.002* | 1.00 | (1.00, 1.01) | 0.155 |
   SGPT (IU/L) | 1.01 | (1.00, 1.01) | 0.016* | 1.00 | (0.99, 1.01) | 0.806 |
   Albumin (g/dl) | 0.56 | (0.35 0.90) | 0.016* | 0.88 | (0.50, 1.56) | 0.666 |
   Respiratory rate | 1.12 | (1.01, 1.19) | <0.001* | 1.12 | (1.04, 1.20) | 0.004* |