Table 1.

Univariate and multivariate survival analyses for evaluating the clinicopathologic characteristics on gastric cancer cause-specific survival in SEER database

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
Variable	HR (95% CI)	P-value	HR (95% CI)	P-value
Years of diagnosis	0.976 (0.974–0.979)	<0.001	0.992 (0.989–0.995)	<0.001
Sex	0.897 (0.862–0.932)	<0.001	0.870 (0.835–0.907)	<0.001
Age	1.003 (1.002–1.005)	<0.001	1.011 (1.009–1.012)	<0.001
Race	0.873 (0.852–0.893)	<0.001	0.896 (0.875–0.917)	<0.001
Grade	1.473 (1.428–1.520)	<0.001	1.155 (1.116–1.196)	<0.001
Histotype	1.095 (1.070–1.120)	<0.001	1.015 (0.991–1.040)	0.226
Size	1.140 (1.133–1.148)	<0.001	1.021 (1.014–1.029)	<0.001
TNM stage	1.497 (1.481–1.514)	<0.001	1.471 (1.453–1.490)	<0.001
Marital status	1.014 (1.005–1.023)	0.003	1.025 (1.015–1.035)	<0.001

Abbreviation: SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.