Research Article

SNORD15B and SNORA5C: Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer

Table 4

Cox regression analysis for SNORA5C and overall survival of CRC.

VariablesHRUnivariateHRMultivariate
95% CI95% CI

Sex (female vs. male)1.0100.669–1.5240.964
Age (≤ 70 vs. > 70)1.8081.188–2.7530.0061.9951.228–3.2430.005
TNM stage (stage I/II vs. stage III/IV)3.6132.280–5.726<0.0014.3792.447–7.836<0.001
Lymphatic invasion (negative vs. positive)2.2561.449–3.513<0.0010.8840.471–1.6610.702
Venous invasion (negative vs. positive)2.3761.505–3.751< 0.0011.4350.785–2.6260.241
History of colon polyps (negative vs. positive)0.7680.447–1.3210.340
SNORA5C expression (low vs. high)#1.6081.053–2.4560.0282.1281.278–3.5450.004

#Cutoff threshold of SNORA5C expression was median value in all patients in this cohort; .