Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of prognostic factors of CRC.

Variable	Univariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
	HR (95%CI)	P-value	HR (95%CI)	P-value
Age (<60 vs. 60>)	0.997 (0.981–1.012)	0.674
Gender (Male vs. Female)	2.002 (1.009–3.989)	0.048
Tumer size (<4cm vs. >4cm)	0.965 (0.909–1.026)	0.256
Histological grade (Well/moderately vs. Poorly)	0.874 (0.639–1.195)	0.400
Primary tumor location (colon vs. rectal)	0.846 (0.617–1.159)	0.297
TNM stage (IV stage vs. I-III stage)	1.913 (1.339–2.734)	<0.001
Chemotherapy outcome (SD/PD vs. CR/PR)	1.844 (1.283–2.650)	0.014	1.541 (1.066-2.228)	0.018
LINC00957 (High vs. Low expression)	3.008 (2.051–4.412)	<0.002	2.718 (1.839-4.017)	0.010