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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of patients’ 5-year overall survival

From: c-Met in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: an independent prognostic factor and potential therapeutic target

Variable

P-value

Relative risk (95 % CI)

Sex (male/female)

0.193

1.944 (0.737–6.710)

Lymphatic invasion (ly1–3/ly0)

0.222

1.628 (0.756–3.925)

Tumor depth (pT3–4/pT1–2)

0.26

1.911 (0.644–7.047)

Lymph node metastasis (pN1/pN0)

0.025a

3.852 (1.169–16.335)

Pathological stage (pStage III–IV/I–II)

0.814

0.856 (0.215–2.898)

c-Met expression (high/low)

0.033a

2.237 (1.066–5.190)

HGF expression (high/low)

0.821

1.075 (0.572–2.012)

  1. CI confidence interval, HGF hepatocyte growth factor
  2. aindicates statistical significance