Research Article

Upregulation of NDUFAF2 in Lung Adenocarcinoma Is a Novel Independent Prognostic Biomarker

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of clinicopathologic features associated with OS. Abbreviations: HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.

CharacteristicsTotal ()Univariate analysisMultivariate analysis
Hazard ratio (95% CI) valueHazard ratio (95% CI) value

Age494
 ≤65238Reference
 >652561.228 (0.915-1.649)0.171
Gender504
 Female270Reference
 Male2341.060 (0.792-1.418)0.694
Pathologic stage496
 Stage I and stage II389Reference
 Stage III and stage IV1072.624 (1.926-3.576)<0.0011.758 (0.802-3.852)0.159
T stage501
 T1 and T2437Reference
 T3 and T4642.364 (1.621-3.448)<0.0011.835 (1.125-2.993)0.015
N stage492
 N0 and N1419Reference
 N2 and N3732.300 (1.614-3.278)<0.0011.397 (0.677-2.884)0.366
M stage360
 M0335Reference
 M1252.111 (1.232-3.616)0.0071.121 (0.499-2.517)0.782
Smoker490
 No71Reference
 Yes4190.887 (0.587-1.339)0.568
NDUFAF2504
 Low252Reference
 High2521.453 (1.081-1.953)0.0131.538 (1.086-2.177)0.015