Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analysis for survival in the training and testing datasets.

Variables		Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
		HR	95% CI	p-value	HR	95% CI	p-value
Training dataset (n = 250)
EpiLncPM	High vs. low	50.097	10.231–245.312	<0.001	29.050	5.94–142.074	<0.001
Age	Old vs. young	Inf	0-Inf	0.998	Inf	0-Inf	0.990
Gender	Female vs. male	1.307	0.271–6.305	0.739	0.237	0.247–6.509	0.776
Stage	III, IV vs. I, II	9.377	1.933–45.492	0.005	0.302	0.26–7.051	0.720
Testing dataset (n= 249)
EpiLncPM	High vs. low	4.395	0.981–19.686	0.053	3.699	0.813–16.833	0.091
Age	Old vs. young	Inf	0-Inf	0.998	Inf	0-Inf	0.999
Gender	Female vs. male	0.202	0.045–0.915	0.038	0.268	0.058–1.233	0.091
Stage	III, IV vs. I, II	5.416	1.048–27.997	0.044	1.083	0.207–5.662	0.924