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Table 4 Contribution of various potential prognostic factors to disease free survival by Cox regression analysis in colon cancer patients

From: Increased expression of CD133 and reduced dystroglycan expression are strong predictors of poor outcome in colon cancer patients

 

Hazard

95% confidence

 

Variable

ratio

interval

p value

Tumor grade*

1.438

0.801-2.583

0.223

pT parameter#

2.027

0.806-5.094

0.133

Node status**

3.000

1.532-5.876

0.001

CD133§

2.386

1.365-4.171

0.002

Dystroglycan§§

1.629

0.950-2.794

0.076

  1. The risk ratio is given as: * higher (G3) versus lower grade (G1/2); # higher (pT3/4) versus lower (pT1/2) pT parameter; ** node-positive vs node-negative; § positive vs negative and §§ negative vs positive.