Research Article

CEP55 Positively Affects Tumorigenesis of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Is Correlated with Poor Prognosis

Table 2

Analysis of risk factors for overall survival in ESCC patients.

VariableUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Age b (years)0.779
 ≤581.000
 >580.951 (0.671–1.349)

Sex0.162
 Male1.000
 Female1.340 (0.889–2.020)

Tumor location0.325
 Upper ESCC1.000
 Middle ESCC1.628 (0.777–1.536)
 Lower ESCC0.968 (0.644–1.454)

Histological grade0.130
 Grade 11.000
 Grade 21.007 (0.660–1.536)
 Grade 21.656 (0.931–2.948)

pT status<0.001<0.001
 pT 11.0001.000
 pT 21.596 (0.377–6.760)1.726 (0.407–7.324)
 pT 32.272 (0.559–9.231)2.308 (0.567–9.403)
 pT 464.653 (9.871–423.451)91.578 (13.736–610.554)

N categories<0.001<0.001
 Negative1.0001.000
 Positive3.457 (2.381–5.018)3.280 (2.245–4.791)

TNM stage<0.001
 Stage I1.000
 Stage II1.047 (0.326–3.357)
 Stage III4.158 (1.304–13.261)

CEP55 expression<0.0010.009
 Low1.0001.000
 High1.960 (1.340–2.865)1.669 (1.136–2.453)