Table II.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of the prognostic parameters of patients with low-grade glioma.

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variable	HR	95% CI	P-value	HR	95% CI	P-value
Age (>50 vs. ≤50)	2.932	0.679–5.214	0.127	1.515	0.212–2.534	0.099
Sex (male vs. female)	0.501	0.038–3.011	0.450	3.715	0.611–8.425	0.679
Karnofsky performance status (>80 vs. ≤80)	0.246	0.001–1.091	0.014	0.417	0.046–1.914	0.034
CD44 mRNA expression (low vs. high)	3.7012	0.927–11.215	0.032	2.862	0.436–5.534	0.042

HR, hazard ratio.