Table 2.

Multivariate analyses of the association of prognosis with clinicopathological parameters and PQLC2 expression in patients with gastric cancer

Variables	Case no.	Multivariate analysis
		HR (95% CI)	P value
Age (≥65/<60 y)	124/56	0.698 (0.451‐1.080)	.106
Gender (male/female)	127/53	0.705 (0.439‐1.133)	.149
Depth of invasion (T2‐4/T1)	67/113	1.538 (0.717‐3.299)	.268
Nodal involvement (positive/negative)	73/107	0.633 (0.336‐1.194)	.158
Stage (III‐IV/I‐II)	39/141	4.215 (1.699‐10.460)	.002a
Tumor size (≥5 cm/<5 cm)	39/141	2.237 (1.352‐3.700)	.002a
PQLC2 (high/low)	89/91	0.774 (0.493‐1.216)	.267

^a P < 0.05.

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.