Diagnostic and Prognostic Potentials of Long Noncoding RNA ELF3-AS1 in Glioma Patients

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of ELF3-AS1 for disease-free survival of glioma patients.

Variable	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	RR	95% CI	value	RR	95% CI	value
Age	1.332	0.672-1.989	0.223	—	—	—
<50 vs. ≥50
Gender	1.556	0.732-2.114	0.145	—	—	—
Male vs. female
WHO grade	3.183	1.327-4.672	0.014	2.985	1.182-4.328	0.019
I–II vs. III–IV
KPS score	2.987	1.247-4.558	0.017	2.632	1.124-4.134	0.021
<80 vs. ≥80
Extent of resection	1.561	0.767-2.137	0.137
<98% vs. ≥98%
Tumor size (cm)	1.428	0.873-2.018	0.233	—	—	—
<5 vs. ≥5
ELF3-AS1 expression	3.213	1.327-5.133	0.002	2.762	1.238-4.562	0.006
High vs. low