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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of prognostic factors for 5-year disease-free survival in patients with high and low ER-β expression

From: Expression of voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.5 in non-metastatic colon cancer and its associations with estrogen receptor (ER)-β expression and clinical outcomes

Variables

Low ER-β expression (n = 51)

High ER-β expression (n = 206)

Univariate HR (95% CI)

P value

Univariate HR (95% CI)

P value

Multivariate HR (95% CI)

P value

Gender (female vs. male)

1.054 (0.339–3.271)

0.928

0.999 (0.558–1.699)

0.998

  

Age (> 60 years vs. ≤ 60 years)

1.313 (0.416–4.139)

0.642

1.604 (0.931–2.766)

0.089

  

Tumor location (right colon vs. left colon)

1.282 (0.413–3.975)

0.667

0.767 (0.429–1.373)

0.373

  

Tumor size (> 5 cm vs. ≤ 5 cm)

2.227 (0.616–8.419)

0.217

0.817 (0.476–1.402)

0.463

  

Tumor differentiation (poor vs. well to moderate)

1.598 (0.206–12.423)

0.654

1.462 (0.626–3.415)

0.380

  

T category (T3-4 vs. T1-2)

26.1 (0.030–22,868.187)

0.345

1.551 (0.733–3.283)

0.251

  

N category (N1-2 vs. N0)

5.179 (1.633–16.418)

0.005

2.086 (1.224–3.556)

0.007

2.232 (1.309–3.808)

0.003

Nav1.5 expression (high vs. low)

1.830 (0.401–8.362)

0.435

4.155 (1.012–17.056)

0.048

4.653 (1.131–19.142)

0.033

  1. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, ER-β estrogen receptor-β