Table 1. Patient characteristics with respect to overall survival.
| Variables | Training cohort | Validation cohort | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariatea | Multivariateb | Univariatea | Multivariateb | |||
| P value | HR (95% CI) | P value | P value | HR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Age, years (> 50) | 0.850 | 0.367 | ||||
| Gender (Male) | 0.629 | 0.080 | ||||
| Maximal tumor size (> 5 cm) | 0.006 | 0.479 | 0.014 | 0.637 | ||
| Tumor number (≥ 2) | 0.160 | 0.489 | ||||
| Tumor differentiation (Poor) | 0.303 | 0.020 | 0.267 | |||
| PVTT (Yes) | < 0.001 | 0.071 | 0.004 | 0.117 | ||
| TNM stage (I/II/III/IV) | < 0.001 | 1.880 (1.177–3.003) | 0.008 | 0.002 | 1.931 (1.047–3.561) | 0.035 |
| miR-452expression (low/high) | < 0.001 | 2.907 (1.494–5.658) | 0.002 | 0.001 | 2.313 (1.144–4.676) | 0.020 |
univariate cox regression analysis;
multivariate cox regression analysis;