Research Article

MicroRNA-7 as a Potential Biomarker for Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer

Table 2

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with overall survival in pancreatic cancer patients.

VariableHR (95% CI) value

Age1.003 (0.981-1.025)0.817
Gender0.995 (0.599-1.653)0.984
Tumor size2.992 (0.710-12.608)0.135
Tumor differentiation0.803 (0.463-1.390)0.433
TNM stage6.018 (1.731-23.550)0.010
Lymph node metastasis0.996 (0.482-1.313)0.372
Distant metastasis11.659 (2.038-32.516)0.001
miR-70.325 (0.198-0.531)0.000

HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval. Statistically significant ().