Table 3.

Results of multivariate analysis estimating overall survival using the Cox proportional hazards model. N=461; 257 deaths. Curatively treated patients including 11 Dukes’ D

Covariate	p Value	HR	95% CI
Dukes’ B vs Dukes’ A	0.002	2.2	1.3–3.7
Dukes’ C + D vs Dukes’ A	<0.0001	4.9	3.0–8.2
Rectum vs colon	<0.0001	1.7	1.3–2.2
Infection (other than pneumonia)	0.31	1.2	0.8–1.8
Pneumonia	0.007	1.6	1.1–2.2
Transfusion vs none	0.52	1.1	0.8–1.4
Gender (male vs female)	0.02	1.4	1.0–1.8
Age in years	<0.0001	1.4	1.3–1.6a
MBL deficiency (<250 ng/ml)	0.94	1.0	0.7–1.4

^aIn 10-year increment