Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of the prognostic factors for 3-year overall survival

Variable	n a	Hazard ratio (HR)	95 % Confidence interval (CI)	p
Age
≤60 years	78	–	–	–
>60 years	96	1.37	0.78–2.42	0.267
Gender
Male	102	–	–	–
Female	72	1.00	0.60–1.66	0.976
Depth of invasion
Serosa-negative	23	–	–	–
Serosa-positive	151	1.21	0.34–4.24	0.759
Nodal status
Node-negative	45	–	–	–
Node-positive	129	1.49	0.31–6.98	0.610
TNM stage
II	57	–	–	–
IIIA	68	1.69	0.38–7.39	0.484
IIIB	29	4.05	0.79–20.57	0.091
IV M0	20	5.50	1.08–27.93	0.040
Location
Stomach	147	–	–	–
EGJ	27	1.76	0.90–3.44	0.094
Laurén histology
Intestinal-type	107	–	–	–
Diffuse-type	59	1.29	0.75–2.23	0.354
Mixed-type	8	0.73	0.21–2.44	0.612
Adjuvant therapy
Resection alone	72	–	–	–
Chemoradiotherapy	102	0.46	0.26–0.82	0.008

^aA total of 174 patients and 66 events (deaths) were considered in the multivariate analysis