Table 2. Relationship between variables and cancer-specific survival following curative resection for colorectal cancer.

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	(P-value)	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	(P-value)
Age
(<65/65–74/>75 years)	2.72 (1.62–4.56)	<0.001	2.58 (1.56–4.27)	<0.001
Sex (male/female)		0.506		0.685
Deprivation index (1–7)		0.420		0.354
Tumour site
(colon/rectum)		0.311		0.281
Dukes stage (B/C)	2.28 (1.14–4.57)	0.019	2.57 (1.25–5.26)	0.010
Adjuvant therapy (yes/no)		0.803		0.941
C-reactive protein
(⩽10/>10 mg l−l)	2.13 (1.05–4.32)	0.037	2.55 (1.22–5.32)	0.013