TABLE 2.
Univariate and multivariate cox regression analyses on the correlations between NSCLC Patients’ clinicopathological factors and overall survival (OS) (Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval) (*p < 0.05).
| Clinicopathological factors | Comparison | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p value | HR (95%CI) | p value | HR (95%CI) | ||
| Age (years) | <65 vs. ≥65 | 0.567 | 0.8556 (0.5014–1.46) | — | — |
| Sex | Male vs. Female | 0.652 | 0.8692 (0.4726–1.599) | — | — |
| Smoker or not | None vs. (Current and Formal) | 0.135 | 1.555 (0.8713–2.776) | — | — |
| Tumor subtypes | Adeno- vs. (Squamous-cell and Large cell) | 0.810 | 1.062 (0.6519–1.73) | — | — |
| Tumor Clinical Stages | I/II vs. III/IV | 0.0395* | 1.732 (1.027–2.921) | 0.0073 | 1.634 (0.9547–2.796) |
| Tumor lymph-node Metastasis | Positive vs. Negative | 0.0074* | 2.29 (1.249–4.2) | 0.0025* | 2.547 (1.3891–4.669) |
| Exosomal LINC00917 level | Low and High | 0.0016* | 2.227 (1.352–3.669) | 0.0038* | 2.115 (1.2732–3.514) |