Table 3. Univariate and multivariate analyses for survival of PCa patients following pancreatectomy using the Cox's proportional hazard model.
| Univariatea |
Multivariateb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | P-value | HR | 95% CI | P-value | |
| Sex | Male vs female | 0.7116 | 1.30 | 0.39–4.38 | 0.5823 |
| Age | ⩾65 vs <65 | 0.6458 | 1.46 | 0.38–5.86 | 0.6631 |
| Histological type | PDAC vs others | 0.0008 | 51.7 | 6.27–1307 | <0.0001 |
| T-Stage (TNM) | T3–T4 vs Tis–T2 | 0.0787 | 1.26 | 0.15–2.74 | 0.8468 |
| N-Stage (TNM) | N1 vs N0 | 0.0389 | 1.14 | 0.15–2.74 | 0.8368 |
| Plasma miR-744 expression | High vs low | 0.0063 | 21.2 | 3.17–436 | 0.0007 |
Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio; PDAC=pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; TNM=Tumour, Node, Metastasis. Others: IPMN carcinoma and PDAC-derived IPMN. Significant values are in bold.
a
Kaplan–Meier method; significance was determined by log-rank test.
b
Multivariate survival analysis was performed using Cox's proportional hazard model.