Table 3. Univariate and multivariate analysis for overall survival of 86 patients (analyze data of Notch3 expression).
Tumor characteristic | Relative risk (95% CI) | P-value |
Univariate | ||
Gender | 0.856(0.531–1.379) | 0.523 |
Age (years) | 1.062(0.664–1.696) | 0.802 |
Tumor location | 0.996(0.624–1.590) | 0.988 |
Tumor size | 1.105(0.682–1.789) | 0.686 |
Tumor grade (differentiation) | 0.674(0.414–1.100) | 0.114 |
Metastasis | 8.965(4.845–16.590) | <0.001* |
Venous invasion | 18.410(8.600–39.407) | <0.001* |
Satellite lesions | 1.395(0.830–2.345) | 0.209 |
Tumor number | 1.352(0.798–2.289) | 0.262 |
AJCC TNM stage | 2.328(1.311–4.136) | 0.004* |
AFP (ng/ml) | 0.925(0.522–1.639) | 0.790 |
Notch3 | 2.848(1.743–4.654) | <0.001* |
Multivariate | ||
Metastasis | 3.142(1.352–7.300) | 0.008* |
Venous invasion | 8.774(3.143–24.492) | <0.001* |
AJCC TNM stage | 1.787(0.969–3.296) | 0.063 |
Notch3 | 3.114(1.853–5.233) | <0.001* |
95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
Statistically significant difference.