Table 4 The multiple linear regression of palliative prognostic score with other clinical factors and survival time

Palliative prognostic score

-1.192**

-1.876, -0.508

0.001

Sex

1.652

-4.961, 8.264

0.622

Age

0.234

-0.047, 0.516

0.102

Brain metastases

2.072

-8.176, 12.320

0.690

Lymph node metastases

-1.830

-8.204, 4.544

0.571

Lung metastases

0.699

-5.630, 7.027

0.828

Liver metastases

-7.139*

-13.734, -0.545

0.034

Bone metastases

2.790

-3.831, 9.411

0.406

Nasogastric tube use

7.898*

0.209, 15.586

0.044

Feeding jejunostomy or gastrostomy

27.419**

16.403, 38.435

 < 0.001

Blood transfusion during hospice ward hospitalization

36.873**

20.220, 53.526

 < 0.001

Adjusted R²

0.375*

0.044