Table II.

Multivariate analysis of the correlation between clinicopathological parameters and prognosis in patients with gastric cancer.

Covariates	Coefficient	Standard error	HR	95% CI	P-value
Gender	−0.073	0.340	0.929	0.477–1.810	0.829
Age	0.001	0.299	1.001	0.557–1.799	0.998
Differentiation	−0.192	0.189	0.825	0.570–1.196	0.310
TNM stage	−1.048	0.616	0.350	0.105–1.171	0.089
Lymph node metastasis	1.166	0.542	3.209	1.109–9.287	0.032
Distant metastasis	0.741	0.794	2.097	0.442–9.942	0.351
HOXA9 expression	0.637	0.351	1.890	0.951–3.758	0.069
PBX3 expression	0.885	0.393	2.424	1.123–5.233	0.024

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; HOXA9, homeobox A9; PBX3, PBX homeobox 3; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.