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Table 5 Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses of MMP19 expression and overall survival for patients with colorectal cancer in the validation cohort

From: High expression of MMP19 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer

Factor

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

Gender

1.000(0.547–1.827)

0.999

  

Age

1.416(0.788–2.543)

0.245

  

T category

2.542(1.396–4.628)

0.002

1.854(1.054–3.260)

0.032

N stage

1.975 (1.354–2.881)

< 0.001

1.856(1.226–2.810)

0.003

Tumor location

0.808(0.450–1.450)

0.475

  

Histologic type

1.206(0.374–3.893)

0.754

  

Grade

1.155(0.762-1.751)

0.496

  

Intramural vascular invasion

2.419(1.312–4.458)

0.005

0.927(0.435–1.975)

0.210

Perineural invasion

1.412(0.680–2.932)

0.355

  

MMP19

5.807(2.702–12.483)

< 0.001

5.595(2.573–12.164)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, MMP19 matrix metalloproteinase 19, T tumor, N node
  2. Bold type indicates statistical significance