Table 3 Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses of overall survival in hypopharyngeal carcinoma patients
Variable | Univariate analyses | Multivariate analyses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HR | 95%CI | P* | HR | 95%CI | P* | |
Age | 1.738 | 0.791–3.576 | 0.341 |  |  |  |
Smoking | 1.797 | 0.994–5.260 | 1.109 |  |  |  |
Gender | 0.037 | 0.014–12.581 | 0.803 |  |  |  |
Pathological stage | 1.429 | 0.056–3.292 | 0.094 |  |  |  |
Lymphatic metastasis | 3.155 | 1.782–6.191 | 0.027 | 2.409 | 0.975–4.722 | 0.038 |
Pathological differentiation | 1.126 | 0.603–2.797 | 0.062 |  |  |  |
Expression of RAF1 | 1.894 | 1.069–4.467 | 0.033 | 1.153 | 0.776–3.291 | 0.048 |
Extracapsular spread | 4.512 | 2.607–7.335 | 0.045 | 3.731 | 2.240–5.699 | 0.070 |