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. 2012 Aug 27;7(8):e43555. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043555

Table 2. Univariate and multivariate analyses of overall survival of gastric cancer patients.

Variables n a Univariate analyses Multivariate analyses
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Age (years) 0.181
<55 179 1.000
≥55 231 1.229 0.909–1.661
Gender 0.947
Female 140 1.000
Male 270 0.990 0.727–1.346
Tumor size <0.001* 0.635
<3 cm 63 1.000 1.000
≥3 cm 347 4.382 2.155–8.910 1.198 0.567–2.530
Tumor infiltration <0.001* 0.289
T1 47 1.000 1.000
T2 38 6.601E3 0.000–1.045E34 9.683E3 0.000–9.369E44
T3 42 2.527E4 0.000–3.987E34 1.243E4 0.000–1.201E45
T4a 221 3.482E4 0.000–5.487E34 1.477E4 0.000–1.427E45
T4b 62 7.151E4 0.000–1.127E35 2.067E4 0.000–1.997E45
Local lymph node metastasis <0.001* 0.223
N0 137 1.000 1.000
N1 71 2.439 1.442–4.127 0.954 0.513–1.776
N2 73 2.941 1.764–4.902 1.086 0.578–2.040
N3 129 5.309 3.418–8.248 1.438 0.787–2.627
Distant metastasis <0.001* 0.044*
M0 366 1.000 1.000
M1 44 5.379 3.731–7.756 3.835 1.036–14.191
TNM staging <0.001* 0.052
1 52 1.000 1.000
2 142 14.990 2.055–109.348 3.789 0.444–32.355
3 169 41.842 5.835–300.059 7.440 0.808–68.514
4 47 121.343 16.657–883.966 5.403 0.401–72.805
AHRR <0.001* 0.004*
Low 175 1.000 1.000
High 235 0.482 0.357–0.650 0.635 0.464–0.868

HR, hazard ratio;

CI, confidence interval;

a

Numbers of cases in each group;

*

Statistically ignificant (P<0.05).