Table 4. Multivariate Cox regression analysis of potential prognostic factors for survival in 180 patients with GC.

Variables	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	HR(95%CI)	P-value	HR(95%CI)	P-value
Tumour status, T1−T2 vs. T3−T4	3.91(1.72-8.91)	0.001	1.77(0.73-4.29)	0.204
Stage, I − II vs. III−IV	2.83(1.88-4.28)	0.000	2.08(1.15-3.77)	0.015
LNM, no vs. yes	2.83(1.88-4.28)	0.000	1.70(0.84-3.42)	0.139
Low FGF9 vs. High FGF9	2.94(2.01-4.31)	0.000	2.95(1.97-4.41)	0.000
Tumour size (cm), <10 vs. ≥10	2.34(1.45-3.79)	0.002	2.13(1.30-3.47)	0.003
Age (years), ≥60 vs. <60	1.35(0.91–2.01)	0.137	1.66(1.09-2.53)	0.018
Gender, male vs. female	0.92(0.61–1.37)	0.671	1.04(0.68-1.60)	0.843
Tumour site, gastric cardia vs. non-cardia	1.51(1.93–2.45)	0.093	1.58(0.59-2.62)	0.077