Evaluation of the Prognostic Value of Solute Carrier Family 34 Member 2 “SLC34A2” in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: An Immunohistochemical Study

Table 4

Backward Cox regression analysis of important factors affecting DFS.

	Hazard ratio (HR)	value	Significance	95.0% CI for HR
				Lower	Upper
LN at presentation	10.404	≤0.001	HS	5.023	21.549
High SLC34A2	3.961	0.025	S	1.186	13.226
Age group ≥55	2.775	0.017	S	1.196	6.436

Reference low SLC34A2. Reference age group < 55 years. Disease-free survival (DFS); lymph node (LN); confidence interval (CI); highly significant (HS); significant (S).