Research Article

Increased Expression of microRNA-17 Predicts Poor Prognosis in Human Glioma

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analyses of different prognostic parameters in patients with gliomas by Cox regression analysis.

ParameterUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
Risk ratio95% confidence interval Risk ratio95% confidence interval

Age1.80.5–3.80.61.20.2–3.30.8
Gender2.00.7–4.30.21.60.3–3.90.3
WHO grade4.21.3–12.00.0063.70.9–10.10.02
Tumor size2.30.9–4.70.11.30.9–3.70.2
KPS2.41.0–4.80.11.31.0–3.80.2
miR-17 expression6.21.3–18.60.0015.10.8–15.90.008