Table 2.

Independent predictors of the colorectal cancer stage.

					95% CI
Predictor	coefficient	SE	p Value	OR	lower	upper
II/IV stage of CRC
Constant	108.075	44.860	0.016
MMP-9 (ng/mL)	-0.208	0.091	0.022	0.81	0.68	0.97
CRP (mg/L)	-0.216	0.103	0.036	0.81	0.66	0.99
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.016	0.017	0.360	1.02	0.98	1.05
III/IV stage of CRC
Constant	21.663	14.244	0.128
MMP-9 (ng/mL)	-0.042	0.030	0.164	0.96	0.90	1.02
CRP (mg/L)	-0.022	0.013	0.082	0.98	0.95	1.00
IL-6 (pg/mL)	-0.011	0.008	0.182	0.99	0.97	1.01

CRC: colorectal cancer; SE: standard error of coefficient; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.