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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The previous model with an additional adjustment, by stratification for sex, was replicated and its parameters were confirmed to independently predict survival : WBC count with an hazard ratio (HR) of 1. 31 (95 % CI, 1. 021 to 1. 698 ; P =. 034) ; AP with an HR of 1. 53 (95 % CI, 1. 188 to 1. 979 ; P =. 001) ; number of sites involved with an HR of 1. 90 (95 % CI, 1. 531 to 2. 364 ; P <. 0001) ; and patients'self-reported social functioning with an HR of 0. 94 (95 % CI, 0. 905 to 0. 976 ; P =. 001).