Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Research Article

Absence of Autophagy-Related Proteins Expression Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of the clinicopathological parameters and three autophagy-related proteins by overall survival rate using the Cox proportional hazards model.
CharacteristicsHazard ratio95% CI
LC3B expression
(positive versus negative)		0.5180.319–0.8410.008
Lymph node involvement
(yes versus no)		4.3492.275–8.313<0.001
Curative resection
(no versus yes)		4.3222.177–8.582<0.001
Distant metastasis
(yes versus no)		2.5041.273–4.9240.008
Data calculated using the Cox proportional hazards model. CI: confidence interval.