Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate Cox regression proportional hazards analysis

	Univariate regression			Multivariate regression
	HR	95% CI	P –value	HR	95% CI	P –value
Sex	1.319	0.736–2.364	0.352
Age	0.469	0.242–0.910	0.025*	2.312	1.123-4.761	0.023*
Tumor size	0.689	0.386–1.231	0.209
Pathology classificatio	0.613	0.343–1.096	0.099
TNM grade	0.380	0.211–0.682	0.001*	6.401	1.994-20.552	0.002*
Lymphnode metastasis	0.379	0.204–0.704	0.002*	0.315	0.076-1.307	0.112
BAG3 expression	1.774	0.945–3.33	0.075

*P < 0.05. CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio