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Table 3 Multivariate analysis (Cox proportional hazards regression model) of prognostic parameters for overall survival in colon cancer. A MMP10 relative serum expressional ratio ≥2 is an independent prognostic marker in colon cancer patients

From: Serum MMP7, MMP10 and MMP12 level as negative prognostic markers in colon cancer patients

Patient characteristics

Hazard ratio

95 % Confidence interval of relative risk

p-value

Median age

1.372

0.477–3.943

0.557

Gender

1.275

0.364–4.464

0.704

UICC stage

1.081

0.232–5.027

0.921

T-stage

0.775

0.277–2.174

0.629

N-stage

1.68

0.518–5.447

0.387

M-stage

1.813

0.255–12.912

0.562

R-stage

0.673

0.112–4.033

0.665

Grading

1.127

0.405–3.137

0.820

Adjuvant chemotherapy

1.251

0.236–6.636

0.792

Anastomotic leakage

0.518

0.09–2.992

0.462

MMP7 relative serum expression ≥2

0.901

0.170–4.788

0.903

MMP10 relative serum expression ≥2

3.866

1.069–13.976

0.039

MMP12 relative serum expression ≥2

2.421

0.548–10.695

0.243