Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of overall survival in 157 patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Factors	HR	95% CI	P
CD117 expression*	2.293	1.370–3.836	0.002
Distant metastasis†	1.353	1.043–1.756	0.023
Lymph node metastasis‡	1.912	1.016–3.599	0.045
Histological grade§	0.662	0.328–1.338	0.251
T stage¶	1.348	0.765–2.375	0.301

HR, hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.

^*Positive CD117 expression versus negative CD117 expression.

^†With distant metastasis versus without distant metastasis.

^‡Positive lymph nodes versus negative lymph nodes.

^§Poorly differentiated versus moderately differentiated versus well differentiated.

^¶T3/T4 versus T1/T2.