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Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of prognostic parameters in patients with CASC15 by Cox regression analysis. Proportional hazards method analysis showed a positive, independent prognostic importance of CASC15 expression (P = 0.003)

Variable	Category	P‐value
Age	>60	0.207
Age	≤60	0.207
Gender	Male	0.659
Gender	Female	0.659
TNM stage	I + II	0.006**
TNM stage	III + IV	0.006**
Tumor invasion	T1 + T2	0.699
Tumor invasion	T3 + T4	0.699
Lymph node metastasis	N0 + N1	0.229
Lymph node metastasis	N2 + N3	0.229
Distant metastasis	M0	0.048*
Distant metastasis	M1	0.048*
Tumor differentiation	Well + moderate	0.862
Tumor differentiation	Poor low	0.862
CASC15	High	0.003**

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01 were considered statistically significant.