marginal significancep = .067
In multivariate analysis, only older age (≥65 years) and the presence of ENE were independent prognostic factors for DSS ( p = .002 and p < .001, respectively), and salivary MMP‐1 showed marginal significance for predicting DSS ( p = .067, 95% CI: 0.974–2.094; Table S1 ). 4.