Table III.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of different prognostic parameters in patients with CRC by Cox-regression analysis.

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Parameters	No. of patients	P-value	Regression coefficient (SE)	P-value	Relative risk	95% confidence interval
N classification		<0.001	0.150	<0.001	1.746	1.306–2.336
N0	63
N1	39
N2	23
M classification		<0.001	0.260	0.001	2.405	1.430–4.044
M0	97
M1	28
Expression of mir-873		<0.001	0.242	0.001	0.450	0.275–0.734
Low	62
High	63

CRC, colorectal cancer; N, node; M, metastasis.