Research Article

Predicting the Clinical Outcome of Lung Adenocarcinoma Using a Novel Gene Pair Signature Related to RNA-Binding Protein

Table 2

Summary of the results of univariate and multivariate analyses of the risk factors for the overall survival of patients with lung adenocarcinoma in TCGA cohort and the GEO cohort.

DatasetsVariablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

TCGA (exploratory dataset)Age0.997 (0.978−1.015)0.7181.008 (0.989−1.028)0.402
Gender1.000 (0.694−1.441)1.0000.980 (0.673−1.428)0.917
Stage1.648 (1.396−1.946)<0.0012.119 (1.250-3.590)0.005
T stage1.600 (1.285−1.994)<0.0011.083 (0.835-1.404)0.549
M stage1.748 (0.959−3.187)0.0680.272 (0.071-1.039)0.057
N stage1.787 (1.455−2.195)<0.0010.759 (0.472-1.233)0.258
Risk-score3.967 (3.068−5.131)<0.0013.666 (2.791−4.815)<0.001

GSE72094 (validation dataset)Age1.008 (0.985-1.031)0.5171.004 (0.980-1.028)0.754
Gender1.885 (1.223-2.905)0.0042.205 (1.417-3.430)<0.001
Smoking1.261 (0.549-2.897)0.5840.904 (0.390-2.095)0.815
Stage1.704 (1.393-2.083)<0.0011.855 (1.499-2.297)<0.001
Risk-score2.202 (1.525-3.179)<0.0012.214 (1.533-3.198)<0.001

Abbreviations: HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.