Matrix Metalloproteinases 2 and 9 Immunoexpression in Prostate Carcinoma at the Positive Margin of Radical Prostatectomy Specimens

Table 7

Analysis of the significance of MMP-9 expression for predicting biochemical recurrence.

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	OR	95% CI	𝑃	OR	95% CI	𝑃
MMP-2, TM	6.2222	0.6888 to 56.2057	0.1035	5.1721	0.4924 to 54.3318	0.1708
MMP-9, TM	8.7500	1.7411 to 43.9746	0.0078	10.2909	1.6284 to 65.0367	0.0132
				𝑃=0.0052

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; and TM: tumor mass.