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. 2015 Oct 27;113(10):1493–1501. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.349

Table 3. Univariate and multivariate prognostic analysis by Kaplan–Meier methods.

  Univariate analysis
Mutlivariate analysis
Factors 5-year OS (%) P-valuea Hazard ratio 95% CI P-valueb
Age (years)
⩽68 85.5
>68 78.1 0.114
Sex
Male 79.4
Female 85.2 0.268
Smoking history
Never 80.2
Eever/current 83.1 0.888
Serum CEA level
<5.0 ng dl−1 85.3 1
⩾5.0 ng dl−1 67.9 0.01 1.407 0.624–3.171 0.411
Histological type
Adenocarcinoma 87.1 1
Non-adenocarcinoma 69.9 0.001 1.764 0.817–3.817 0.148
Tumour size
⩽30 mm 89.7 1
>30 mm 69.9 <0.001 1.671 0.738–3.785 0.218
Pathological stage
I 89.5 1
II or III 60 <0.001 2.886 1.368–6.092 0.005
Lymphatic invasion
Negative 86 1
Positive 65.8 0.011 1.313 0.550–3.132 0.539
Vascular invasion
Negative 90.2 1
Positive 67.6 0.003 1.112 0.419–3.007 0.819
Pleural invasion
Negative 88.4 1
Positive 64.7 0.002 1.443 0.594–2.941 0.494
Urinary DASr
Low 90.3 1
High 65.4 <0.001 4.652 2.092–10.35 <0.001

Abbreviations: CEA=carcinoembryonic antigen; CI=confidence interval; DASr=N1, N12-diacetylspermine/cutoff ratio; OS=overall survival.

a

Log-rank test.

b

Cox proportional hazard model.