Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of clinicopathological factors associated with disease‐free survival in gastric cancer patients

Characteristics	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	HR (95% CI)	P	HR (95% CI)	P
Tumour grade (T1, T2, T3, T4)	1.907 (1.366–2.663)	0.000a
LNM (present/absent)	2.541 (1.403–4.602)	0.002a
TNM (I, II, III, IV)	2.015 (1.508–2.694)	0.000a	1.553 (1.058–2.279)	0.025a
PTTG3P (high/low)	1.887 (1.343–2.653)	0.000a	1.684 (1.195–2.374)	0.003a

HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; LNM: lymph node metastasis.

^a P < 0.05.