FOXA1 Expression in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Association with Clinicopathological Characteristics and EMT Markers

Table 3

Multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model for overall survival (a) and disease-free survival (b).

(a)

Covariates	value	HR^a	95% CI^b
			Lower	Upper
FOXA1 expression	0.051	0.214	0.046	1.004
pT-stage	0.645	1.211	0.536	2.736
Histological type	0.237	0.342	0.058	2.022
N-stage	0.475	1.419	1.294	8.86
TNM-stage	0.298	2.812	0.401	19.741

HR^a: hazard ratio; 95% CI^b: confidence interval.

(b)

Covariates	value	HR^a	95% CI^b
			Lower	Upper
FOXA1 expression	0.031	0.093	0.011	0.809
pT-stage	0.244	0.543	0.195	1.515
Histological type	0.523	1.88	0.271	13.044
N-stage	0.05	0.072	0.005	0.996
TNM-stage	0.014	13.62	2.682	6.924

HR^a: hazard ratio; 95% CI^b: confidence interval.