Research Article

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

Table 3

Analysis for risk factors for disease-free survival in ESCC patients.

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

Age b (years)0.824
 ≤581.000
 >580.961 (0.678–1.363)

Sex0.218
 Male1.000
 Female1.294 (0.859–1.951)

Tumor location0.348
 Upper ESCC1.000
 Middle ESCC1.663 (0.793–3.487)
 Lower ESCC1.015 (0.676–1.525)

Histological grade0.076
 Grade 11.000
 Grade 21.020 (0.669–1.555)
 Grade 21.775 (0.998–3.156)

pT status<0.001<0.001
 pT 11.0001.000
 pT 21.439 (0.340–6.091)1.444 (0.340–6.120)
 pT 31.983 (0.488–8.051)1.866 (0.459–7.596)
 pT 430.493 (4.752–195.655)37.674 (5.823–243.733)

N categories<0.001<0.001
 Negative1.0001.000
 Positive3.319 (2.287–4.815)3.115 (2.135–4.545)

TNM stage<0.001
 Stage I1.000
 Stage II1.066 (0.332–3.419)
 Stage III3.952 (1.241–12.586)

CEP55 expression0.0010.015
 Low1.0001.000
 High1.894 (1.296–2.768)1.612 (1.097–2.369)