Table 3 Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models for overall survival and disease-free survival
| Â | Overall survival | Disease-free survival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Univariate | Multivariate | Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
| Â | HR (95% CI) | P* | HR (95% CI) | P* | HR (95% CI) | P* | HR (95% CI) | P* |
Age | 1.00 (0.98,1.02) | 0.834 | Â | Â | 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) | 0.952 | Â | Â |
Gender | ||||||||
 Male | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
 Female | 1.19 (0.72,1.94) | 0.500 |  |  | 1.14 (0.72, 1.78) | 0.581 |  |  |
Tumour location | ||||||||
 Right | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
 Transverse | 0.80 (0.30,2.09) | 0.643 |  |  | 0.83 (0.34, 1.98) | 0.669 |  |  |
 Left | 1.19 (0.71,1.99) | 0.505 |  |  | 1.12 (0.70, 1.79) | 0.631 |  |  |
T stage | ||||||||
 T1 | 0.40 (0.10, 1.65) | 0.205 | 0.40 (0.09, 1.80) | 0.235 | 0.34 (0.08, 1.39) | 0.132 | 0.34 (0.08, 1.45) | 0.144 |
 T2 | 0.12 (0.03, 0.49) | 0.003 | 0.32 (0.07, 1.40) | 0.131 | 0.16 (0.05, 0.52) | 0.002 | 0.44 (0.13, 1.53) | 0.197 |
 T3 | 0.36 (0.20, 0.63) | <0.001 | 0.34 (0.19, 0.61) | <0.001 | 0.42 (0.26, 0.70) | 0.001 | 0.41 (0.25, 0.70) | 0.001 |
 T4 | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
N stage | ||||||||
 N0 | — |  | — |  | — |  |  |  |
 N1 | 3.74 (1.96,7.12) | <0.001 | 2.85 (1.43, 5.68) | 0.003 | 2.73 (1.57, 4.73) | <0.001 | 1.97 (1.10, 3.52) | 0.022 |
 N2 | 15.02 (7.85,28.75) | <0.001 | 9.65 (4.60, 20.25) | <0.001 | 10.22 (5.78, 18.08) | <0.001 | 6.89 (3.60, 13.17) | <0.001 |
M stage | ||||||||
 M0 | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
 M1 | 14.74 (8.15, 26.67) | <0.001 | 4.74 (2.00, 11.26) | <0.001 | 9.93 (4.91, 20.07) | <0.001 | 4.94 (2.29, 10.67) | <0.001 |
AJCC stage | ||||||||
 I | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
 II | 2.08 (0.47,9.20) | 0.336 |  |  | 2.07 (0.61, 6.96) | 0.241 |  |  |
 III | 9.59 (2.31,39.78) | 0.002 |  |  | 6.69 (2.07, 21.58) | 0.001 |  |  |
 IV | 48.10 (10.15,228.07) | <0.001 |  |  | 37.18 (9.95, 138.97) | <0.001 |  |  |
Differentiation | ||||||||
 High | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
 Moderate | 2.37 (1.34, 4.18) | 0.003 | 1.24 (0.65, 2.36) | 0.514 | 2.26 (1.35, 3.79) | 0.002 |  |  |
 Low | 7.50 (4.11, 13.68) | <0.001 | 2.28 (1.06, 4.88) | 0.034 | 4.87 (2.64, 8.97) | <0.001 |  |  |
Vascular invasion | ||||||||
 No | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
 Yes | 5.22 (2.76,9.86) | <0.001 |  |  | 4.12 (2.16, 7.86) | <0.001 |  |  |
UBD | ||||||||
 Negative | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  |
 Weak | 2.62 (1.33,5.15) | 0.005 | 1.33 (0.63, 2.81) | 0.453 | 3.28 (1.78, 6.06) | <0.001 | 1.82 (0.94, 3.53) | 0.075 |
 Strong | 3.21 (1.62,6.37) | 0.001 | 2.31 (1.08, 4.93) | 0.030 | 2.64 (1.38, 5.07) | 0.003 | 2.03 (1.03, 3.98) | 0.041 |
Ki-67 | ||||||||
 Negative | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |
 Positive | 2.17 (1.07,4.38) | 0.032 |  |  | 2.06 (1.09, 3.89) | 0.027 | 1.88 (0.96, 3.69) | 0.065 |