Table 3.

Summary of multivariate analysis of Cox proportional hazard regression for overall survival in 163 cases of NPC

Parameter	SE	Wald	Sig.	Exp(B)	95.0% CI for Exp(B) Lower Upper
Age	0.261	1.632	0.201	1.396	0.837	2.331
Gender	0.277	4.894	0.027*	0.542	0.315	0.932
Histological types	0.388	2.744	0.098	0.526	0.246	1.125
LNM status	0.340	8.586	0.003*	0.370	0.190	0.719
Clinical stages	0.326	2.259	0.133	1.632	0.862	3.090
p-eIF4ES209	0.262	2.199	0.138	1.475	0.883	2.465
β-catenin	0.623	9.670	0.002*	6.946	2.047	23.566
MMP-7	0.230	8.593	0.003*	1.961	1.250	3.076
cyclinD1	0.233	13.461	0.000*	2.351	1.489	3.711
c-Myc	0.234	2.519	0.113	1.451	0.916	2.297

Abbreviations: LNM, lymph node metastasis; CI, confidence interval.

Note: multivariate analysis of Cox regression, *: p<0.05