Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of ESCC patients and identification of prognostic clinical factors.

From: Characterization of a five-microRNA signature as a prognostic biomarker for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Clinical characteristics

GSE43732 (N = 119)

Uni-variate cox regression

Multi-univariate cox regression

HR

95%CI

P-value

HR

95%CI

P-value

Age (mean ± SD)

59.03 ± 8.93

1.027

0.999–1.057

0.06

—

—

—

Gender (male/female)

98/21

0.827

0.468–1.461

0.51

—

—

—

Pathologic grade (poorly/moderately/well)

32/64/23

0.819

0.575–1.169

0.27

—

—

—

Pathologic stage (I/II/III)

6/47/66

1.900

1.225–2.946

<0.01

1.512

1.175–2.614

0.01

Pathologic N (N1/N2/N3)

8/20/62/29

1.126

0.838–1.514

0.43

—

—

—

Pathologic T (T0/T1/T2/T3)

54/42/13/10

1.443

1.143–1.821

0.02

1.243

0.915–1.688

0.16

Tumor location (lower/middle/upper)

36/69/14

1.104

0.755–1.614

0.61

—

—

—

Alcohol (yes/no)

74/45

1.053

0.656–1.689

0.83

—

—

—

Tobacco (yes/no/reformed)

80/39

0.859

0.532–1.388

0.54

—

—

—

Death (dead/alive)

46/73

—

—

—

—

—

—

Overall survival days (months, mean ± SD)

37.06 ± 24.25

—

—

—

—

—

—

  1. SD, standard deviation.