Table 2 Cox proportional hazard regression analyses for 5-year survival.

From: RALYL increases hepatocellular carcinoma stemness by sustaining the mRNA stability of TGF-β2

Clinicopathological features

Multivariate analysis

Un-variate analysis

HR

95% CI

P value

HR

95% CI

P value

Age

   <60 years vs. >60 years

0.487

0.316–1.728

0.485

0.079

0.444–2.960

0.778

Gender

   Male vs. female

0.239

0.220–2.483

0.625

0.264

0.268–2.159

0.607

TNM stage

   I vs. II and III

0.434

0.281–1.879

0.510

11.751

0.158–0.605

0.001

Tumor size

   ≤5 cm vs. >5 cm

0.985

0.718–2.753

0.321

0.659

0.379–1.495

0.417

Differentiation

   Poor vs. well

4.579

0.192–0.930

0.032

7.244

0.164–0.752

0.007

Cirrhosis

   Absent vs. present

0.322

0.282–2.009

0.570

2.579

0.852–4.993

0.108

Vascular invasion

   Absent vs. present

3.283

0.115–1.089

0.070

21.503

0.291–13.916

<0.001

RALYL expression

   Absent vs. present

3.936

0.245–0.992

0.047

4.204

0.344–0.969

0.040

CD133 upregulation

   No vs. yes

4.670

0.218–0.928

0.031

5.057

0.236–0.906

0.025

TGF-β2 upregulation

   No vs. yes

0.369

0.347–1.746

0.543

9.186

0.183–0.695

0.002

  1. Cox regression analysis. Statistical significance (P < 0.05) is shown in bold. CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.
  2. CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio.