Table 2 Multivariate analysis of the value of ezrin, maspin and nm23‐H1 protein expressions in predicting patients' outcome.

Variables	DFS
	RR	95% CI	p Value
Model 1
T category: T1–2/T3–4	0.528	0.276 to 1.009	0.053
N category: N0/N1–3	0.409	0.208 to 0.806	0.0097
Maspin: absent or present	0.552	0.297 to 1.027	0.06
Model 2
T category: T1–2/T3–4	0.59	0.306 to 1.138	0.11
N category: N0/N1–3	0.356	0.17 to 0.717	0.0039
Ezrin: absent or present	0.266	0.63 to 1.111	0.069
Model 3
T category: T1–2/T3–4	0.61	0.316 to 1.117	0.14
N category: N0/N1–3	0.337	0.167 to 0.68	0.0024
nm23‐H1: absent or present	0.961	0.524 to 1.765	0.899

DFS, disease‐free survival; N, nodal status; T, tumour size.

All models have been constructed by stratifying by histological grade (1 v 2–3)