D-Dimer and Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels: Useful Indicators for Predicting the Tumor Stage and Postoperative Survival

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of the significant variables determined by univariate analysis.

	HR	95% CI
Wall invasion (T)	2.372	0.981–5.762	0.041
Lymph node invasion (N)	4.053	1.853–8.834	0.012
Metastasis (M)	3.325	1.883–8.632	0.023
D-dimer	1.873	1.032–3.494	0.021
CEA	4.084	1.262–11.873	0.053
	0.0003
Wall invasion (T)	2.074	1.023–4.376	0.044
Lymph node invasion (N)	3.763	1.912–8.352	0.013
Metastasis (M)	3.671	1.871–9.453	0.021
D-dimer	2.456	1.913–3.379	0.012
	0.0001
Wall invasion (T)	2.943	0.914–4.729	0.023
Lymph node invasion (N)	3.992	1.899–8.400	0.011
Metastasis (M)	6.783	1.711–8.213	0.032
CEA	4.112	1.057–10.964	0.044
	0.02
Lymph node invasion (N)	3.811	1.792–7.897	0.019
Metastasis (M)	4.011	1.989–6.113	0.035
D-dimer	1.879	0.942–3.435	0.012
CEA	3.353	1.126–13.632	0.037
	0.0002
Wall invasion (T)	2.341	1.247–6.983	0.034
Metastasis (M)	3.991	2.035–5.878	0.030
D-dimer	1.973	1.286–4.562	0.018
CEA	3.674	1.233–9.120	0.021
	0.0001
Wall invasion (T)	2.171	1.462–8.354	0.039
Lymph node invasion (N)	3.915	1.660–8.942	0.020
D-dimer	1.895	1.114–4.087	0.013
CEA	3.442	1.193–8.732	0.032
	0.0002

HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.