Preoperative Serum Interleukin-6 Is a Potential Prognostic Factor for Colorectal Cancer, including Stage II Patients

Table 4

Results of the multivariate Cox hazard model for disease-free survival in stage II colorectal patients ().

	Hazard ratio	95% CI	value
CEA	5.1	0.9–30.6	0.07
CRP	8.2	1.1–61.2	0.04
IL-6	0.1	0.01–0.6	0.01
Obstruction	2.0	0.4–10.2	0.4
T4	6.7	1.4–31.6	0.02

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-6: interleukin-6.