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Table 5 Cox proportional univariate and multivariate analysis of the association between prognostic variables and overall and disease-free survival in cervical cancer

From: MICA/B and ULBP1 NKG2D ligands are independent predictors of good prognosis in cervical cancer

 

Disease-free Survival hazard ratio [95% CI], Pvalue

Overall Survival hazard ratio [95% CI], Pvalue

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

FIGO stage

5.32 [2.75-10.30], <0.001

3.60 [1.36-9.55], 0.010

3.97 [1.65-9.54], 0.002

2.77 [1.13-7.76], 0.025

Tumor grade (poor)

1.65 [0.85-3.22], 0.137

NA

2.15 [0.89-5.21], 0.087

NA

Tumor size (>4 cm)

2.13 [1.09-4.14], 0.025

1.16 [0.47-2.90], 0.737

1.90 [0.78-4.65], 0.157

NA

LN metastasis

4.53 [2.14-9.61], <0.001

2.71 [1.08-6.79], 0.032

2.25 [0.77-6.59], 0.136

NA

HPV+

0.68 [0.08-5.21], 0.710

NA

0.38 [0.048-3.10], 0.370

NA

MICA/B+

0.43 [0.20-0.92], 0.032

0.54 [0.20-1.41], 0.213

0.53 [0.20-1.36], 0.189

NA

ULBP1+

0.36 [0.16-0.80], 0.012

0.31 [0.11-0.86], 0.024

0.21 [0.06-0.73], 0.014

0.27 [0.07-0.97], 0.044

RAET1E+

2.17 [1.12-4.2], 0.021

1.90 [0.84-4.32], 0.123

1.03 [0.41-2.60], 0.935

NA

RAET1G+

2.09 [1.05-4.15], 0.034

1.62 [0.68-3.87], 0.275

1.69 [0.70-4.09], 0.240

NA

MICA/B+/ULBP1+

0.11 [0.02-0.45], 0.002

0.16 [0.03-0.70], 0.015

0.026 [0.00-1.17], 0.060

NA

  1. IHC staining scores of NKG2DLs were dichotomized into low (-) expression (≤ mean score of cancer specimens) and high (+) expression (> mean score of cancer specimens).
  2. FIGO, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; LN, lymph node; HPV, human papilloma virus; CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.