Table 2.

Cox proportional hazard models for overall survival prediction

Characteristics	Multivariate analysis
	HR	95% CI	P
Sex	0.538	0.203-1.427	0.213
Age	1.542	0.601-3.955	0.368
T classification	2.751	0.967-7.826	0.058
Lymph node metastasis	1.857	0.600-5.743	0.283
Distant metastasis	3.222	1.009-10.290	0.048*
Clinical stage	1.443	0.355-5.860	0.608
Recurrence	4.423	1.137-17.212	0.032*
Tumor budding	4.347	1.126-16.776	0.033*
IL-17 with tumor budding	4.800	1.280-18.002	0.020*

^* P < 0.05.