|
Variables
|
Categories
|
Univariate analysis
|
Multivariate analysis
|
|---|
|
HR (95% CI)
|
P-value
|
HR (95% CI)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
≥60/<60
|
1.330 (0.88-2.01)
|
0.178
| | |
|
Sex
|
Male/female
|
0.835 (0.51-1.37)
|
0.473
| | |
|
Smoking history
|
Smoking/Non-smoking
|
0.887 (0.58-1.37)
|
0.588
| | |
|
Histological type
|
Squamous/adenocarcinoma
|
1.341 (0.89-2.02)
|
0.160
| | |
|
Grade of differentiation
|
Poor/well + moderate
|
2.578 (1.70-3.90)
|
<0.001
|
1.814 (1.19-2.78)
|
0.006
|
|
pTNM stage
|
I/II/ III/IV
|
2.331 (1.79-3.05)
|
<0.001
|
2.132 (1.61-2.82)
|
<0.001
|
|
NOK expression
|
Positive/negative
|
2.121 (1.25-3.59)
|
0.005
|
1.731 (1.02-2.94)
|
0.043
|
- HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.
