Research Article

A Five-Gene Prognostic Nomogram Predicting Disease-Free Survival of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Table 4

Multivariate Cox regression analysis.

Clinical featuresNonadjustedAdjust IAdjust II
RR (95% CI) valueRR (95% CI) valueRR (95% CI) value

Risk score ()2.171 (1.626-2.898)<0.0012.148 (1.620-2.849)<0.00012.169 (1.636-2.874)<0.0001
Cancer type, (%)
 PTC1NANANANA
 FTC1.000 (0.392-2.552)1.000
Age, (%)
 ≤55111
 >551.367 (0.579-3.228)0.4761.336 (0.580-3.079)0.4961.584(0.811-3.093)0.178
Gender, (%)
 Male1NANANANA
 Female1.231 (0.619-2.450)0.553
Tumor size, (%)
  ≤2 cm111
 >2 cm2.306 (0.784-6.784)0.1292.339 (0.804-6.804)0.1192.444 (0.847-7.054)0.098
N, (%)
 N0111
 N11.673 (0.837-3.344)0.1451.644 (0.860-3.143)0.1331.739 (0.927-3.261)0.085
M, (%)
 M0 and MX111
 M14.576 (1.523-13.755)0.02744.411 (1.521-12.788)0.0064.478 (1.546-12.967)0.006
Stage, (%)
 Stages I and II11NANA
 Stages III and IV1.287 (0.569-2.908)0.5451.313 (0.586-2.943)0.508
Anatomic site, (%)
 Unilateral lobe1NANANANA
 Isthmus0.689 (0.091-5.183)0.717
 Bilateral lobe1.354 (0.628-2.916)0.439

Adjust I model adjusts for parameters with value <0.05 based on univariate Cox regression analysis. Adjust II model adjusts for risk score, age, tumor size, N, and M.