Table 2 Multivariate analysis by a Cox proportional hazards regression model.

From: The long noncoding RNA TINCR promotes self-renewal of human liver cancer stem cells through autophagy activation

Variable

PFS

OS

HR (95% CI)

p

HR (95% CI)

p

Age (≤54 y vs. >54 y)

1.006(0.974-1.039)

0.404

0.994(0.568-1.739)

0.982

Gender (male vs. female)

0.739(0.363-1.504)

0.708

0.683(0.327-1.425)

0.309

Albumin (≤35 g/L vs. >35 g/L)

0.684(0.314-1.493)

0.341

0.499 (0.213-1.167)

0.109

AFP ( ≤ 400ug/L vs. >400 ug/L)

0.957(0.490-1.870)

0.898

0.929 (0.469-1.841)

0.833

Child-Pugh classification (A vs. B)

1.146(0.634-2.074)

0.652

1.178(0.646-2.149)

0.593

Liver cirrhosis (absence vs. presence)

1.375(0.721-2.623)

0.333

1.170(0.624-2.196)

0.624

Tumor differentiation (I / II vs. III/ IV)

0.847(0.457-1.569)

0.597

0.947(0.509-1.759)

0.863

Tumor size (≤5 cm vs. >5 cm)

1.362(0.795-2.333)

0.260

1.352(0.771-2.371)

0.293

Tumor number (single vs. multiple)

1.137(0.463-2.794)

0.779

1.132(0.450-2.847)

0.793

TNM stage (I–II vs. III–IV)

3.182(1.276-7.939)

0.013*

3.473(1.339-9.010)

0.010*

Venous invasion (absence vs. presence)

2.306(1.145-4.647)

0.019*

2.500(1.253-4.987)

0.009*

TINCR expression (negative vs. positive)

1.975(1.068-3.653)

0.030*

1.862(1.005-3.450)

0.048*

  1. CI Confidence interval, HR Hazard ratio, *Significant difference (p < 0.05) is shown in bold.