Table 2. Multivariate analysis of disease-free survival and overall cancer-specific survival in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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Disease-free survival
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Overall survival
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| Characteristic | No. | HR | 95%CI | P | HR | 95%CI | P |
| N status | |||||||
| N0 (reference) | 62 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| N1< | 64 | 4.75 | 1.67–13.5 | 0.004 | 7.75 | 1.79–24.9 | 0.006 |
| Histological grading | |||||||
| Well (reference) | 51 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Moderate, poorly | 75 | 2.67 | 1.39–5.14 | 0.012 | 2.34 | 1.03–5.30 | 0.038 |
| Laminin 332 | |||||||
| Negative (reference) | 71 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Positive | 55 | 2.01 | 1.18–2.64 | 0.043 | 1.93 | 0.97–3.42 | 0.062 |
HR=hazard ratio; CI=confidence interval.