Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate COX regression analysis of prognosis in patients with gastric cancer.

	Univariate analysis					Multivariate analysis (N=76)
		95% confidence interval					95% confidence interval
	Hazard ratio	Lower	Upper	P		Hazard ratio	Lower	Upper	P
Tumour Location
Diffused	2.835	1.184	6.791	0.019		2.226	0.837	5.676	0.094
Histological type
Adenocarcinoma	0.768	0.408	1.447	0.414		0.578	0.277	1.209	0.145
Grade
Poorly differentiated	0.980	0.451	2.128	0.959		0.643	0.260	1.590	0.339
Degree of invasion
T3-T4	1.806	0.707	4.613	0.217		0.935	0.325	2.693	0.901
Lymph node metastasis
7 or more	2.648	1.401	5.008	0.003		2.383	1.131	5.022	0.022
Remote Metastasis
Yes	3.348	1.527	7.342	0.003		6.115	2.956	12.647	0.000
Cancer embolus
Yes	1.226	0.657	2.287	0.522		0.804	0.406	1.591	0.531
Macrophage SPARC expression
High	0.574	0.296	1.113	0.101		0.665	0.323	1.370	0.269