Table 3 Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses for overall survival (OS) in patients with ccRCC.

From: CD68- and CD163-positive tumor-associated macrophages in renal clear cell carcinoma

Clinicopathological features

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OS HR (95% CI)

P value

OS HR (95% CI)

P value

Age (≤ 63 vs. > 63)

3.66 (0.38–5.28)

0.260

  

Gender (Male vs. Female)

1.05 (0. 61–7.91)

0.965

  

Tumor size (≤ 5 cm vs. > 5 cm)

3.99 (0.41–8.39)

0.231

  

Histological grade (Ⅰ-Ⅱ vs. Ⅲ-Ⅳ)

2.89 (0.32–4.30)

0.990

  

Lymph node metastasis (No vs. Yes)

4.62 (1. 41–7.27)

0.982

  

TN CD68 (low vs. high)

3.21 (0.11–21.64)

0.416

  

TS CD68 (low vs. high)

4.33 (0.33–65.47)

0.752

  

TN CD163 (low vs. high)

7.57 (1.83–28.80)

0.035

7.21 (1.05–25.54)

0.037

TS CD163 (low vs. high)

3.78 (1.13–16.47)

0.041

3.55 (1.03–15.55)

0.045

TN CD163/CD68 (low vs. high)

3.02 (0.11–13.33)

0.135

  

TS CD163/CD68 (low vs. high)

0.99 (0.10–3.38)

0.755

  
  1. (OS, overall survival. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, TS tumor stroma, TN tumor nest, *p value is significant).