Table 6 The final simple and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression model of prognostic factors associated with the survival of NPC patients in Hospital USM (n = 134)
Variables | Simple Cox regression | Multiple Cox regression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b | Crude HR (95% CI) | p value | b | Adjusted HR (95% CI) | p value | |
Age (year) | 0.02 | 1.02 (1.01, 1.04) | 0.005 | 0.03 | 1.03 (1.01, 1.04) | 0.001 |
Metastases | ||||||
No | 0.00 | 1.00 | – | 0.00 | 1.00 | – |
Yes | 1.11 | 3.02 (1.29, 7.09) | 0.011 | 0.92 | 2.52 (1.01, 6.28) | 0.048 |
AJCC stage | ||||||
I–II | 0.00 | 1.00 | – | 0.00 | 1.00 | – |
III | 0.45 | 1.81 (0.75, 4.38) | 0.190 | 0.88 | 2.42 (0.98, 5.99) | 0.056 |
IV | 0.44 | 3.41 (1.44, 8.08) | 0.005 | 1.40 | 4.05 (1.66, 9.88) | 0.002 |