Research Article
Expression and Prognostic Significance of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-3 Alpha and Cystatin A in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Table 2
Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors using Cox proportional hazard ratio model.
| Endpoint | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | value |
| Overall survival | | | T classification: T3-4 versus T1-2 | 4.66 (1.50–14.52) | 0.008 | N classification: N3 versus N0-2 | 4.16 (1.39–12.45) | 0.011 | Cystatin A: (+) versus (−) | 4.93 (1.12–21.63) | 0.035 | Local recurrence-free survival | | | T classification: T3-4 versus T1-2 | 12.99 (1.69–100.02) | 0.014 | Distant metastasis-free survival | | | Age: ≥45 y versus <45 y | 3.57 (1.07–11.89) | 0.038 | N classification: N3 versus N0-2 | 3.66 (1.12–12.02) | 0.032 | MIP-3α: (+) versus (−) | 8.10 (1.82–35.93) | 0.006 |
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CI = confidence interval.
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