Table 4.
Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis of NOTCH4 expression and disease free survival for patients with colorectal cancer in the validation cohort
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor | HR (95% CI) | P | HR (95% CI) | P |
| Gender | 0.869(0.506-1.492) | 0.610 | ||
| Age | 1.349(0.7961-2.285) | 0.266 | ||
| T stage | 1.982(1.263-3.110) | 0.003 | 1.694(1.069-2.684) | 0.025 |
| N stage | 2.013(1.455-2.785) | <0.001 | 2.212(1.504-3.254) | <0.001 |
| Grade | 1.364(0.933-1.994) | 0.109 | ||
| Lymphovascular invasion | 2.588(1.474-4.544) | 0.001 | 1.498(0.833-2.693) | 0.177 |
| Perineural invasion | 2.149(1.155-3.998) | 0.016 | 1.206(0.623-2.335) | 0.579 |
| Tumor location | 0.850(0.503-1.436) | 0.542 | ||
| NOTCH4 | 6.809 (3.334-13.904) | <0.001 | 7.848(3.777-16.308) | <0.001 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio
Bold type indicates statistical significance