Table 3

Association of clinical parameters or gene expression with colorectal cancer patient survival

UnivariateMultivariate
CohortVariableHR (95% CI)p Value (log-rank)HR (95% CI)p Value (wald)
TCGAAge (<median vs >median)1.02 (0.37 to 2.83)0.9614
Gender (male vs female)1.32 (0.49 to 3.55)0.579
Tumour location (left vs right)0.92 (0.32 to 2.68)0.8846
Tumour stage (III–IV vs I–II)7.87 (1.77 to 35.07)0.0014*8.37 (1.82 to 38.51)0.0063*
Microsatellite status (MSS vs MSI)2.896 (0.66 to 12.75)0.1597
miR-224 (high vs low)2.99 (1.08 to 8.23)0.0259*2.88 (0.97 to 8.56)0.0571
Italian set 1Age (<median vs >median)0.81 (0.39 to 1.71)0.5817
Gender (male vs female)1.56 (0.72 to 3.39)0.2598
Tumour location (left vs right)0.74 (0.35 to 1.57)0.4284
Tumour stage (III–IV vs I–II)2.85 (1.28 to 6.35)0.00732.44 (1.09 to 5.48)0.0302*
MSI status (MSS vs MSI)2.04 (0.87 to 4.81)0.0951
miR-224 (high vs low)3.32 (1.15 to 9.59)0.01372.77 (0.95 to 8.105)0.063
Italian set 2Age (<median vs >median)0.74 (0.32 to 1.69)0.4757
Gender (male vs female)2.2 (0.9 to 5.36)0.0744
Tumour location (left vs right)1.68 (0.73 to 3.83)0.2148
Tumour stage (III–IV vs I–II)4.04 (1.7 to 9.57)0.0006*3.89 (1.63 to 9.26)0.0022*
miR-224 (high vs low)4.41 (1.03 to 18.84)0.0207*4.14 (0.96 to 17.76)0.056
RomaniaAge (<median vs >median)1.16 (0.42 to 3.2)0.7733
Gender (male vs female)2.44 (0.69 to 8.66)0.154
Tumour location (left vs right)1.3 (0.44 to 3.9)0.633
Tumour stage (III–IV vs I–II)9.33 (2.1 to 41.54)0.0004*7.47 (1.52 to 36.65)0.0132*
miR-224 (high vs low)4.25 (1.01 to 18.89)0.0331*1.76 (0.36 to 8.64)0.4831
AustriaAge (<median vs >median)0.88 (0.51 to 1.49)0.6239
Gender (male vs female)0.82 (0.48 to 1.43)0.4909
Tumour location (left vs right)0.62 (0.36 to 1.06)0.0802
Tumour Stage (III–IV vs II)2.89 (1.02 to 8.15)0.037*3.41 (1.18 to 9.83)0.023*
miR-224 (high vs low)2.14 (1.21 to 3.77)0.0059*2.36 (1.32 to 4.21)0.0037*
UK (overall survival)Age (<median vs >median)1.15 (0.31 to 4.3)0.8322
Gender (male vs female)0.8 (0.21 to 2.98)0.7399
Tumour location (left vs right)0.98 (0.24 to 3.92)0.9781
Tumour stage (III–IV vs I–II)2.7 (0.68 to 10.83)0.1428
miR-224 (high vs low)4.92 (1.31 to 18.46)0.0181*
UK (metastasis-free survival)Age (<median vs >median)1.54 (0.5 to 4.72)0.446
Gender (male vs female)0.75 (0.25 to 2.24)0.6074
Tumour location (left vs right)0.6 (0.16 to 2.18)0.4326
Tumour stage (III–IV vs I–II)2.92 (0.93 to 9.21)0.0558
miR-224 (high vs low)6.51 (1.97 to 21.51)0.0008*
  • *Statistically significant with p<0.05.

  • MSI, microsatellite instability; MSS, microsatellite stable; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas.