Table 1 |
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| Univariate and multivariate analysis of prognostic factors by Cox regression analysis | ||||
| Clinicopathological features | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
| RR (95% CI) | P-value | RR (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Male (Male / female) | 2.27 (0.87-3.11) | 0.108 | 1.99 (0.67-2.63) | 0.112 |
| Age (year) (>60 / ≤60) | 1.42 (0.92-1.79) | 0.321 | 2.56 (0.89-3.12) | 0.304 |
| Smoking (Smoker / Nonsmoker) | 1.65 (0.58-1.88) | 0.084 | 2.13 (0.75-2.70) | 0.156 |
| Histological type (SCC / AD) | 2.08 (0.39-2.75) | 0.202 | 0.87 (0.46-1.68) | 0.286 |
| Clinical stage (III / I + II) | 2.76 (1.23-3.82) | 0.003 | 3.13 (0.95-4.03) | 0.067 |
| Tumor classification (T3+4 / T1+2) | 0.98 (0.44-1.55) | 0.215 | 1.53 (0.74-1.88) | 0.082 |
| Lymph node metastasis (N1+2 / N0) | 3.12 (2.03-4.12) | 0.016 | 1.65 (1.12-3.58) | 0.036 |
| miR-100 expression (Low / High) | 1.74 (1.04-2.36) | 0.022 | 2.44 (1.89-2.95) | 0.008 |
RR: relative ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; AD: adenocarcinoma.
Liu et al. BMC Cancer 2012 12:519 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-12-519