Tumour Recurrence, Depth of Invasion, and Temple Location as Independent Prognostic Parameters of Lymph Node Metastases of Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Table 3

Univariate logistic regression: nonadjusted OR of cSCC risk factors for nodal metastases.

		OR	95% CI
			Lower	Upper
Recurrence	0.00025	7.89	2.61	23.82
Depth of invasion ≥ 4 mm	0.00029	4.54	2.00	10.28
Poor differentiation	0.121	1.93	0.84	4.42
Resection margins R1, Rx, R0	0.025
Rx vs. R1	0.010	7.29	1.62	32.9
Rx vs. R0	0.143	1.99	0.79	4.98
R0 vs. Rx + 1	0.026	2.62	1.13	6.12
Temporal location	<0.0001	7.44	2.96	18.7
Tumour size (mm) (10-mm referral)	0.002
<10 vs. 10–20	0.002	6.26	1.94	20.17
<10 vs. 20–40	0.0003	8.61	2.69	27.54
<10 vs. > 40	0.007	7.60	1.75	32.93
Tumour size (mm) (10-mm referral)	0.001
<10 vs. 10–20	0.002	6.26	1.94	20.17
<10 vs. > 20	0.0002	8.32	2.76	25.11
T stage 1, 2, 3, 4	0.001
T2 vs. 1	0.002	5.71	1.91	17.1
T3 vs 1	0.002	4.47	1.70	11.8
T4 vs 1	0.015	16.62	1.71	161.4
T stage 1, 2, 3 + 4	0.000
T2 vs. 1	0.002	5.71	1.91	17.1
T3 + 4 vs. 1	<0.0001	5.34	2.12	13.46
T stage 1 + 2, 3 + 4	0.005	3.32	1.43	7.71