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Table 3 Results of the Cox regression backwards selection analysis for recurrence free survival within a 5-year interval

From: Metachronous metastasis- and survival-analysis show prognostic importance of lymphadenectomy for colon carcinomas

Variable

Hazard Ratio

95% CI

p-value

sex

1.040

1.024-1.057

0.033

N-category

1.261

1.019-1.560

< 0.0001

T-stage

1.838

1.422-2.375

< 0.0001

  1. Sex, age, N-stage, T-stage, UICC-stage and grading were taken into account. The Hazard Ratio implies a decrease in risk for the female sex and an increase in risk with each additional year of age and for an increase T-stage, given that the other two variables remain constant
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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