Table 2.

Results of a multivariate Cox regression analysis for predicting the overall survival of OSCC cases

Variables	Assigned score	Hazard ratio	95 % CI	P-value
Age
≤64	0	1.51	0.82–2.94	0.169
>64	1
Sex
Female	0	1.18	0.60–2,33	0.623
Male	1
Differentiation
Well	0	1.09	0.53–2.94	0.803
Moderate & poor	1
T-stage
T1 & T2	0	0.871	0.39–1.90	0.728
T3 & T4	1
Clinical stage
Early (1 & 2)	0	1.371	0.55–3.33	0.494
Late (3 & 4)	1
S100A16
High	0	0.483	0.24–0.95	0.037
Low	1

CI, Confidence interval