Skip to main content

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of Weibull parametric model with prognostic factors

From: Application of Weibull model for survival of patients with gastric cancer

Characteristics

β

χ 2 value

Pvalue

Intercept

0.76

0.53

0.467

Age

-0.03

6.27

0.012

Past medical history

-0.11

7.13

0.008

Location of tumor

-

25.40

<0.001

   Lower third

0.40

8.83

0.003

   Middle third

0.41

7.34

0.007

   Upper third

-0.17

1.08

0.299

   Whole stomach*

0

-

-

eradicative degree of surgery

-

20.62

<0.001

   Utterly

1.00

83.46

<0.001

   Relatively

0.91

42.27

<0.001

   Palliative*

0

-

-

Histologic grade

-

12.51

0.002

   Well differentiated

-0.08

0.80

<0.001

   Moderately differentiated

0.34

9.30

0.082

   Poorly differentiated*

0

-

-

Depth of invasion

-

49.11

<0.001

   T1

0.77

10.55

0.001

   T2

0.22

2.48

0.115

   T3

0.21

2.29

0.130

   T4*

0

-

-

Stage

-

22.41

<0.001

   I

0.62

8.27

0.004

   II

0.76

21.22

<0.001

   III

0.27

6.23

0.013

   IV*

0

-

-

  1. *stands for a control group, and the rest compare with the control