Table 5

Multivariate prognostic models for survival time

Parameter

Coefficient

Hazard-Ratio

95%-Conf Interval

Chi-Square

p-value

AIC

Model 1 Only pretherapeutic values

CRP

(0 h)

0.469

1.6

1.3-2.0

16.5

< 0.0001

187

AST

(0 h)

0.917

2.5

1.4-4.4

10.3

0.0013

Model 2 Pretherapeutic and 24 h values

CRP

(0 h)

0.323

1.4

1.1-1.8

6.6

0.0104

176

AST

(0 h)

1.351

3.9

2.0-7.5

16

< 0.0001

Nucleosomes (24 h)

0.565

1.8

1.2-2.5

10.4

0.0012

Fahmueller et al. BMC Cancer 2012 12:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-12-5