Table 3.
Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis of potential prognostic factors for DFS
Variable | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
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Number | Median survival (months) | P‐value | HR | 95% CI | P‐value | |
UICC stage | ||||||
I, II | 29 | 21.6 | 0.1003 | |||
III, IV | 10 | 9.9 | ||||
Tumor size (cm) | ||||||
<4 | 18 | 18.9 | 0.0649 | 2.048 | 0.862–5.077 | 0.1218 |
≥4 | 21 | 10.9 | ||||
Histologic differentiation | ||||||
Well–Mod. | 30 | 18.1 | 0.8534 | |||
Poor | 9 | 19.8 | ||||
Lymph node metastasis | ||||||
+ | 12 | 9.7 | 0.0219 | 2.44 | 0.335–2.213 | 0.0269 |
− | 27 | 29.8 | ||||
CD68 | ||||||
High | 19 | 16.3 | 0.0623 | |||
Low | 20 | 18.3 | ||||
CD163 | ||||||
High | 20 | 11.2 | 0.0369 | 2.48 | 1.031–5.983 | 0.0426 |
Low | 19 | 23.7 | ||||
FOXP3 | ||||||
High | 20 | 10.4 | 0.0999 | 1.003 | 0.244–4.129 | 0.9964 |
Low | 19 | 20.3 |
CI, confidence interval; DFS, disease free survival; FOXP3, forkhead box P3; HR, hazard ratio; UICC, International Union Against Cancer.