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Table 4 Factors associated with recurrence in patients who underwent surgical resection for gastric GISTs

From: Two staging systems for gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the stomach: which is better?

Variables

Univariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

HR

95% CI

P-value

HR

95% CI

P-value

Sex

 Male

1

     

 Female

0.58

0.16–2.17

0.420

   

Age (years)

  ≤ 60

1

     

  > 60

2.64

0.66–10.54

0.171

   

Tumor size (cm)

      

  ≤ 5

1

  

1

  

  > 5

16.58

3.44–79-83

<0.001

10.75

2.12–54.60

0.004

Mitotic count (per 50 high-power fields)

  ≤ 5

1

  

1

  

  > 5

16.72

2.09–133.95

0.008

10.55

1.25–88.85

0.030

Histologic subtype

 Spindle type

1

  

1

  

 Epithelioid and mixed type

4.48

1.12–18.00

0.034

5.73

1.29–25.53

0.022

Operative method

      

 Laparoscopic surgery

1

     

 Open surgery

4.76

0.99–22.93

0.052

   
  1. HR hazard ratio, CI confident interval