Table V.

Potential predictors of overall survival in 96 patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent resection.

	P-value
Variable	Univariate	Multivariate
Location	0.024	0.077
Duodenal invasion	0.016	0.776
Depth of invasion	0.002	0.260
Hepatic metastasis	<0.001	0.186
Stage	<0.001	0.068
LNα3 (low vs. high)	0.008	0.549
LNβ3 (low vs. high)	0.016	0.429
LNγ2 (low vs. high)	<0.001	0.377
Expression patterns of LNγ2	0.007	0.245

The Cox proportional hazards regression model was used for multivariate analyses. LNα3, laminin α3; LNβ3, laminin β3; LNγ2, laminin γ2.