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. 2015 Apr 27;10(4):e0124670. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124670

Table 2. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards model for recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS).

n (%) RFS OS
Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
Age
<70 77 (73%)
≥70 28 (27%) HR 0.904 (0.455–1.796) P = 0.773 HR 1.144 (0.565–2.317) P = 0.708
Gender
Female 12 (11%)
Male 93 (89%) HR 1.239 (0.556–1.866) P = 0.653 HR 2.734 (0.656–11.39) P = 0.167
Smoking history
Never/former 79 (75%)
Current 26 (25%) HR 1.096 (0.552–2.176) P = 0.794 HR 1.315 (0.648–2.668) P = 0.448
Histology a
ADC 47 (45%)
SCC 50 (48%) HR 0.946 (0.500–1.791) P = 0.865 HR 1.268 (0.639–2.518) P = 0.497
Histological grade
WD 12 (12%) P = 0.766 P = 0.576
MD 45 (46%) HR 0.722 (0.262–1.984) P = 0.527 HR 0.614 (0.218–1.724) P = 0.354
PD 42 (42%) HR 0.877 (0.324–2.373) P = 0.796 HR 0.833 (0.305–2.280) P = 0.723
Stage
I, II 92 (84%)
III, IV 13 (16%) HR 2.066 (0.945–4.520) P = 0.069 HR 1.877 (0.853–4.134) P = 0.118 HR 1.759 (0.722–4.285) P = 0.214 HR 1.638 (0.662–4.053) P = 0.286
SIRT1/SIRT2
Others 72 (71%)
Both high 30 (29%) HR 2.790 (1.150–5.155) P = 0.001 HR 2.698 (1.457–4.996) P = 0.002 HR 2.280 (1.169–4.449) P = 0.016 HR 2.193 (1.118–4.300) P = 0.022

aonly the more frequent histological subtypes, adenocarcinomas (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), were analyzed.

WD, well differentiated; MD, moderately differentiated; PD, poorly differentiated. The values highlighted in bold represent significant differences; HR: Hazard ratio.