Table 2.

Prognostic factors for lung SCC patients

Variables	HR	Univariate 95% CI	p	HR	Multivariate 95% CI	p
OS
Age (years)
≤ 55 vs. > 55	1.002	0.965–1.039	0.932
Gender
Male vs. female	0.309	0.110–1.868	0.076
Differentiation
Good/moderate vs. poor	0.717	0.330–1.558	0.401
pT status
pT2–4 vs. pT1	3.747	1.721–8.160	0.001			0.580
pN stage
pN1–2 vs. pN0	3.090	1.569–6.086	0.001			0.180
pTNM stage
II–III vs. I	4.921	2.629–9.210	0.000	5.744	1.908–17.290	0.002
miR181b expression
Low vs. high	0.293	0.147–0.586	0.001	0.378	0.184–0.775	0.008
NOTCH2 expression
Low vs. high	1.436	1.062–1.941	0.019			0.242
CD133 expression
Low vs. high	1.229	0.776–1.945	0.380
SOX2 expression
Low vs. high	1.013	0.718–1.430	0.939

CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, OS overall survival