Research Article
Eg5 Overexpression Is Predictive of Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
Table 3
Univariate and multivariate analyses of prognostic factors for overall survival in liver cancer patients.
| | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | HR | p > |z| | 95% CI | HR | p > |z| | 95% CI |
| Eg5 expression | High versus low | 4.490 | <0.001 | 2.511 | 8.030 | 3.913 | <0.001 | 2.136 | 7.167 | Age (years) | ≤60 versus >60 | 0.983 | 0.949 | 0.589 | 1.643 | | | | | Gender | Male versus female | 0755 | 0.260 | 0.463 | 1.323 | | | | | Liver cirrhosis | Yes versus no | 2.396 | 0.003 | 1.339 | 4.286 | 2.169 | 0.009 | 1.210 | 3.889 | Gross classification | Solitary versus multiple | 2.292 | 0.007 | 1.254 | 4.188 | | | | | Differentiation | Well versus middle versus poor | 1.217 | 0.353 | 0.804 | 1.843 | | | | | Hepatitis B viral infection | Yes versus no | 1.489 | 0.438 | 0.544 | 4.072 | | | | | Vascular invasion | Yes versus no | 1.132 | 0.582 | 0.728 | 1.761 | | | | | Tumor diameter (cm) | <5 versus ≥5 | 1.287 | 0.277 | 0.816 | 2.029 | | | | | TNM stage | I versus II versus III | 1.604 | 0.011 | 1.112 | 2.313 | 1.524 | 0.025 | 1.053 | 2.206 | Preoperative α-fetoprotein (ng/ml) | <20 versus ≥20 | 0.900 | 0.658 | 0.564 | 1.436 | | | | |
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; HR: hazard ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
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