STAT3 expression correlates with prognosis of thymic epithelial tumors

Table 4 Results of Cox regression multiple analysis

	B	SE	Wald	P	HR	95% CI for HR
Age	−0.013	0.028	0.226	0.634	0.987	0.934~1.043
Gender	0.159	0.764	0.043	0.835	1.172	0.262~5.241
Mass size	0.014	0.281	0.003	0.960	1.014	0.585~1.760
STAT3 expression	2.233	1.110	4.043	0.044	9.325	1.058~82.207
Complete excision	1.884	0.773	5.936	0.015	6.578	1.445~29.939
WHO type	0.806	0.561	2.068	0.150	2.239	0.746~6.717
Masaoka stage	1.373	0.573	5.754	0.016	3.949	1.286~12.128

B: Regression coefficient; SE: Standard error; Wald: Wald value; P: P value;HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval.
Cox regression multiple analysis found the independent prognostic indicators including Masaoka staging (HR = 3.949, P = 0.016), complete excision (HR = 6.578, P = 0.015) and STAT3 protein expression (HR = 9.325, P = 0.044) for TET patients.

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