Research Article

Absence of Autophagy-Related Proteins Expression Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Table 5

Predictive factors of survival by multivariate analysis using autophagy score (Cox proportional hazards model).

CharacteristicsHazard ratio95% CI

Autophagy score
(1–3 versus 0)
0.4320.241–0.7740.005
Lymph node involvement
(yes versus no)
2.7341.184–6.3160.019
Curative resection
(no versus yes)
3.8461.950–7.584<0.001
Distant metastasis
(yes versus no)
2.5281.282–4.9870.007

Data calculated using the Cox proportional hazards model. CI: confidence interval.