Table 3. Multivariate analysis with RFS as end point (N=101).

Risk factor	Categories compared	HR	95% CI	P -value
High CD66b+ neutrophils peritumoural	> vs ⩽	2.27	1.09–4.75	0.03
Low CD8+ lymphocytes peritumoural	⩽ vs >	3.67	1.63–8.25	0.002
Lymph node metastases	Yes vs no	2.70	1.26–5.76	0.01

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio; RFS=recurrence-free survival.

Cox regression analysis.