Table 3 Multivariate analysis of prognosis by clinicopathologic variables in patients with extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma

From: Clinical and prognostic significances of nuclear and cytoplasmic KIT expressions in extrahepatic bile duct carcinomas

Variables

P-value

Relative risk

95% confidence interval

Cytoplasmic KIT expression

0.04*

1.599

1.011–2.529

Growth pattern

0.33

1.601

0.885–3.334

T classification

0.02*

1.632

1.241–1.389

Lymph node metastasis

0.002*

1.848

1.256–3.245

Pancreatic invasion

0.39

1.415

0.637–3.144

Duodenal invasion

0.26

1.454

0.728–3.257

Resection marginal status

0.07

1.492

0.965–2.298

Vascular invasion

0.06

1.490

0.989–2.252

  1. *Significant at the significance level <0.05.
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