An Investigation of the Prognostic Role of Genes Related to Lipid Metabolism in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Risk score independent prognostic analysis of HNSCC by univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses.

	Univariate		Multivariate
	HR [95% CI]	-value	HR [95% CI]	-value
Age	1.026 [1.010, 1.043]	0.002	1.018 [1.001, 1.036]	0.040
Sex	0.633 [0.438, 0.916]	0.015	0.606 [0.409, 0.898]	0.013
T	1.057 [0.875, 1.277]	0.566	1.004 [0.698, 1.442]	0.985
M	4.648 [1.461, 14.785]	0.009	5.187 [1.506, 17.865]	0.009
N	1.057 [0.872, 1.280]	0.572	1.125 [0.852, 1.486]	0.405
Stage	1.060 [0.871, 1.291]	0.560	1.011 [0.641, 1.596]	0.961
Risk score	1.893 [1.567, 2.285]	<0.001	1.945 [1.599, 2.367]	<0.001