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. 2013 Jun 27;8(6):e67294. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067294

Table 2. Univariate and multivariate analyses of hematogenous metastasis- associated factors.

Variables (n) HM (n, %) Univariate analysis Multivariate analyses
p OR p OR
Gender 0.746 0.431 0.222 0.381
Male (71) 16 (22.5)
Female (19) 3 (15.8)
Age 0.389 0.717 0.492 1.530
≤60 (64) 12 (18.8)
>60 (26) 7 (26.9)
BMI 0.168 1.943 0.288 0.507
<25 (49) 13 (26.5)
≥25 (41) 6 (14.6%)
Tumor size 0.083 3.013 0.011* 5.776
≤7 (49) 7 (14.3)
>7 (41) 12 (29.3)
Grade 0.182 1.726 0.226 2.189
1 (59) 10 (16.9)
2&3 (31) 9 (29.0)
pT Stage 0.804 0.061 0.473 0.574
T1& T2 (59) 12 (20.3)
T3& T4 (31) 7 (22.6)
miR-30a expression 0.037* 5.047 0.013* 0.111
Low (63) 17 (27.0)
High (27) 2 (7.4)

Abbreviation: BMI: body mass index; HM: Hematogenous metastasis; OR: odds ratio.

*

statistics significant.