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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of disease-free survival in gastric carcinoma

From: Detection of carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA in blood using quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction to predict recurrence of gastric adenocarcinoma

Factors

Characteristics

Hazard ratio

95%CI

P value

Unfavorable

Favorable

Age

≥59

<59

1.018

0.986-1.050

0.273

Histological grade

Poorly

Well/moderately

0.412

0.171-0.990

0.047

pT

2/3/4

Tis/1

1.673

0.100-8.690

0.947

pN

(+)

(-)

2.030

0.264-15.611

0.497

Stage

3/4

½

1.437

0.124-16.613

0.771

CEA mRNA

(+)

(-)

2.243

1.138-4.424

0.020

Serum CEA

(+)

(-)

1.130

0.582-2.194

0.717

  1. CI, confidence interval; pT, depth of tumor invasion