Research Article

Construction of Nomograms for Predicting Lung and Bone Metastases in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and Identification of Patients Who Can Benefit from Chemotherapy

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions of predictors of lung metastasis from ICC patients.

VariablesUnivariate logisticMultivariable logistic
OR (95% CI) valueOR (95% CI) value

Age
 <451 (reference)
 45–651.806 (0.637–7.587)0.333
 ≥651.212 (0.426–5.100)0.753
Gender
 Female1 (reference)1 (reference)
 Male2.101 (1.320–3.438)0.0022.253 (1.365–3.817)0.002
Race
 White1 (reference)
 Black0.411 (0.100–1.127)0.137
 Other0.727 (0.318–1.449)0.404
Histological grade
 Well/moderate1 (reference)1 (reference)
 Poor/undifferentiated2.124 (1.357–3.360)0.0011.791 (1.094–2.957)0.021
T stage
T11 (reference)1 (reference)
T22.123 (1.206–3.924)0.0121.152 (0.618–2.226)0.664
T33.243 (1.634–6.516)<0.0011.531 (0.713–3.285)0.271
T41.176 (0.332–3.280)0.4200.598 (0.159–1.802)0.397
Marital status
 Single1 (reference)
 Married1.174 (0.736–1.922)0.508
N stage
N01 (reference)1 (reference)
N12.514 (1.603–3.939)<0.0011.611 (0.978–2.641)0.050
Size
 ≤5 cm1 (reference)1 (reference)
 5–10 cm3.479 (1.790–7.428)<0.0013.171 (1.565–7.014)0.002
 >10 cm8.805 (4.421–19.123)<0.0018.133 (3.867–18.563)<0.001
Intrahepatic metastasis
 No1 (reference)1 (reference)
 Yes11.734 (6.793–19.980)<0.00110.431 (5.768–18.707)<0.001

ICC: intrahepatic carcinoma, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.