Research Article

The Prognostic Value of Serum Apolipoprotein A-I Level and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate Cox analysis for OS in patients with CRLM.

VariablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate Analysis
HR (95%CI) valueHR (95%CI) value

Age1.157 (0.861, 1.555)0.321
(i) <65 vs. ≥65
Sex1.305 (0.956, 1.781)0.076
(i) Male vs. Female
Number of Liver metastases2.056 (1.538, 2.749)<0.0011.760 (1.215, 2.599)0.004
(i) ≤2 vs. >2
Type of liver metastases0.539 (0.401, 0.723)<0.0010.598 (0.409, 0.862)0.007
(i) Simultaneous vs. Metachronous
Tumor location1.482 (1.047, 2.098)0.0121.530 (1.086, 2.128)0.013
(i) LCRC vs. RCC
Pathological type0.816 (0.456, 1.460)0.529
(i) Adenocarcinoma vs. nonadenocarcinoma
Degree of tumor differentiation0.768 (0.506, 1.166)0.092
(i) Poorly vs. moderately vs. well
cT classification1.429 (1.077, 1.898)0.0121.277 (0.949, 1.720)0.106
(i) 1-3 vs. 4
cN classification1.601 (1.189, 2.157)<0.0011.422 (1.047, 1.927)0.024
(i) 0-1 vs. 2-3
KPS scores1.592 (1.092, 2.322)0.0051.396 (0.970, 1.977)0.066
(i) ≥80 vs. <80
Primary surgery0.439 (0.316, 0.611)<0.0010.659 (0.466, 0.935)0.019
(i) No vs. Yes
Chemotherapy0.543 (0.385, 0.767)<0.0010.628 (0.452, 0.880)0.006
(i) No vs. Yes
Targeted therapy0.794 (0.584, 1.080)0.161
(i) No vs. Yes
Topical treatment0.684 (0.505, 0.926)0.0230.933 (0.648, 1.321)0.700
(i) No vs. Yes
Metastasis surgery0.531 (0.378, 0.747)0.0020.978 (0.594, 1.560)0.928
(i) No vs. Yes
ApoA-I0.655 (0.493, 0.872)0.0030.717 (0.527, 0.976)0.034
(i) ≤1.03 vs. >1.03
NLR1.583 (1.191, 2.105)0.0011.159 (0.852, 1.578)0.348
(i) ≤3.24 vs. >3.24

considered as statistically significant.