Table III.

Cox multivariate progression-free survival analysis in 186 patients with prostate cancer treated using radical prostatectomy.

Co-variate	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age	0.99	0.94–1.04	0.74
Gleason score ≤7	1 (ref)
Gleason score ≥8	2.47	1.02–5.99	0.044
pT2a-pT2c	1 (ref)
pT3a-pT3b	2.38	1.34–4.23	0.003
Surgical margin-negative	1 (ref)
Surgical margin-positive	1.29	0.75–2.24	0.36
Positive cytoplasmic TLR9 expression	2.27	1.18–4.37	0.014

TLR9, Toll-like receptor-9; CI, confidence interval.