Table 3 The multiple linear regression of palliative prognostic index with other clinical factors and survival time

Palliative prognostic index

-1.058*

-1.995, -0.161

0.021

Sex

0.277

-6.406, 6.959

0.935

Age

0.225

-0.064, 0.513

0.126

Brain metastases

3.450

-6.887, 13.786

0.511

Lymph node metastases

-2.193

-8.715, 4.330

0.508

Lung metastases

0.723

-5.785, 7.231

0.826

Liver metastases

-8.495*

-15.195, -1.795

0.013

Bone metastases

3.315

-3.447, 10.076

0.334

Feeding jejunostomy or gastrostomy

24.461**

13.189, 35.733

 < 0.001

Blood transfusion during hospice ward hospitalization

41.511**

24.756, 58.266

 < 0.001

Adjusted R²

0.338**

 < 0.001