Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of overall survival in gastric cancer paitents.

	Univariate analysis				Multivariate analysis
Parameter	HR	95%CI	P	HR	95%CI	P
Gender	1.300	0.863–1.958	0.210
(Female vs. Male)
Age	1.258	0.849–1.863	0.252
(<50 vs. ≥50)
Lauren’s classification	1.195	0.812–1.759	0.365
(Intestinal vs. Diffuse)
Clinical stage	4.381	2.712–7.075	<0.001	3.989	1.454–10.943	0.007
(I-II vs. III-IV)
Tumor depth	2.288	1.526–3.431	<0.001	1.762	1.134–2.737	0.012
(T1-T2 vs. T3-T4)
Lymph node metastasis	3.752	2.385–5.902	<0.001	0.836	0.313–2.234	0.721
(N0-N1 vs. N2-N3)
Distant metastasis	19.116	8.961–40.779	<0.001	8.700	3.938–19.223	<0.001
(M0 vs. M1)
SNHG7 expression	2.806	1.871–4.207	<0.001	1.652	1.045–2.612	0.032
(Low vs. High)

HR, hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval;