Table 2 Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards model based on the disease-free survival (DFS) in the 47 patients from TCGA-COAD.

From: A machine learning-based prognostic predictor for stage III colon cancer

Variable

Subtype

DFS/Univariate

DFS/Multivariate

P

HR

95%CI

P

HR

95%CI

AI DFS status

High- vs. low-risk

0.004

4.324

1.588–11.775

0.003

10.273

2.177–48.472

Age(y)

>50 vs. ≤50

0.887

0.921

0.297–2.861

0.967

1.044

0.140–7.770

Gender

Male vs. Female

0.133

0.468

0.174–1.261

0.538

0.646

0.161–2.596

Tumor site

Left vs. Right colon

0.152

0.428

0.134–1.368

0.740

0.789

0.195–3.199

Histologic type

Muc + Sig vs. Ade

0.237

2.000

0.634–6.310

0.662

1.455

0.271–7.802

pT

T4 vs. T1–3

0.068

3.277

0.915–11.731

0.033

4.731

1.130–19.809

pN

N2 vs. N1

0.210

1.899

0.697–5.176

0.041

10.316

1.102–96.585

TNM stage

IIIC vs. IIIA + IIIB

0.716

1.215

0.425–3.478

0.054

0.108

0.011–1.042

  1. Abbreviation: HR, hazard risk; CI, confidence interval; AI, artificial intelligence; Muc, mucous adenocarcinoma, Sig, signet ring cell adenocarcinoma; Ade, adenocarcinoma; pT, pathological primary tumor stage; pN, pathological lymph node stage; TNM, tumor, lymph node, and metastasis stage.