TABLE 3.

Poor prognostic factors affecting overall and recurrence-free survival identified by multivariate analyses.

Variables	Unfavorable factor	HR (95% CI)	p
Overall survival
FATP4	High	3.32 (1.07–10.31)	0.038
Lymphatic invasion	Present	13.34 (3.41–52.16)	<0.001
Metastasis	Present	17.35 (6.02–49.99)	<0.001
Recurrence-free survival
Age	≥68 yr	1.44 (1.02–2.04)	0.039
Lymphatic invasion	Present	3.40 (1.31–8.82)	0.012
Metastasis	Present	2.27 (1.26–4.07)	0.006

HR, hazard ratio.