Table 2 Summary of overall survival analyses by univariate and multivariate COX regression analysis.
| Â | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p value | HR | 95% Confidence interval | p value | HR | 95% Confidence interval | |
Gender | 0.619 | 0.876 | 0.519–1.477 |  | ||
Age | 0.562 | 0.862 | 0.522–1.424 | |||
Tumor site | 0.837 | 0.969 | 0.720–1.304 | |||
Tumor size | 0.077 | 1.692 | 0.944–3.032 | |||
Tumor differentiation | 0.003 | 2.158 | 1.306–3.568 | 0.271 | 1.316 | 0.807–2.147 |
Lymph node state | 0.007 | 1.997 | 1.207–3.304 | 0.374 | 1.272 | 0.748–2.161 |
Distant metastasis | <0.001 | 5.502 | 3.281–9.226 | <0.001 | 4.446 | 2.578–7.668 |
MIER3 expression | 0.004 | 0.332 | 0.158–0.699 | 0.046 | 0.461 | 0.251–0.987 |