Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of different prognostic factors in human lung cancer patients (n = 272)

Variables	Multivariate analysis
	HR	95% CI	P
TC2N expression	1.705	1.254–2.320	0.001
Age	1.335	0.929–1.918	0.118
Gender	1.247	0.851–1.827	0.257
Clinical stage	1.676	1.257–2.235	<0.001
Histological type	0.356	0.232–0.548	<0.001
Histological grade	1.066	0.737–1.540	0.735
Tumor size	1.356	0.903–2.035	0.142
Lymph node status	1.153	0.716–1.858	0.558

Bold values indicate statistical significance, P < 0.05

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval