Table 2.
Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with 5-year DFS
| Clinicopatholocical variables | Univariate P |
multivariate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR value | 95% CI | P | ||
| Age(years): ≦50 versus >50 | 0.519 | NA | ||
| Gender: male versus female | 0.741 | NA | ||
| HP: positive versus negative | 0.917 | NA | ||
| Size: <5cm versus≧5 cm | 0.470 | NA | ||
| Location: cardia versus body versus antrum | 0.601 | NA | ||
| Invasion depth: T1 versus T2 versus T3 versus T4 | 0.039 | 1.080 | 0.651-1.789 | 0.767 |
| LNM: N0 versus N1 versus N2 versus N3a versusN3b | 0.011 | 1.078 | 0.765-1.518 | 0.669 |
| Twist: high versus low | 0.001 | 0.407 | 0.184-0.898 | 0.026 |
| Microvessel invasion: yes versus no | 0.046 | 1.618 | 0.859-3.051 | 0.137 |
| Stage I,II versus Stage III,IV | <0.001 | 4.433 | 1.579-20.762 | 0.039 |
| Lauren's classification: diffuse versus intestinal | 0.850 | NA | ||
| Grade of differentiation: Well and moderate versus Poor and not | 0.536 | NA | ||
| Preoperative chemotherapy: yes versus no | 0.080 | NA | ||
| CEA (ug/L): ≦50 versus >50 | 0.474 | NA | ||
| CA199 (ug/L): ≦50 versus >50 | 0.554 | NA | ||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NA, not adapted; LNM, lymphatic nodes metastasis.