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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of the significance of different prognostic variables in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

From: Nuclear overexpression of metastasis-associated protein 1 correlates significantly with poor survival in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Factors

DMFS

OS

 

P value

HR

95% CI

P value

HR

95% CI

Age (>50y vs. ≤50y)

0.02

1.91

1.09–3.34

0.01

2.11

1.19–3.74

Sex (female vs. male)

0.88

1.05

0.54–2.05

0.99

1.00

0.50–2.01

Chemotherapy (yes vs. no)

0.39

1.42

0.64–3.11

0.62

1.21

0.57–2.58

Radiotherapy (IMRT vs.2D-RT)

0.65

0.95

0.76–1.19

0.67

0.95

0.76–1.20

Clinical stage (III-IV vs. I-II)

0.03

2.21

1.06–4.59

0.02

2.44

1.13–5.25

MTA1 expression (high vs. low)

0.02

2.05

1.13–3.72

0.03

1.98

1.09–3.59

  1. Abbreviation: DMFS distant metastasis free-survival; OS overall survival; IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy; 2D-RT two-dimensional radiotherapy.