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Table 4 Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis of clinicopathologic variables for ovarall survival rate

From: Expression of autophagy-related protein beclin-1 in malignant canine mammary tumors

 

Multivariate analysis

 

Hazard ratio

95% confidence interval

p value

Age (> 11 years vs. ≦ 11 years)

1.460

0.683 - 3.124

0.329

Tumor size (> 3 cm vs. ≦ 3 cm)

3.038

1.298 - 7.108

0.010*

Tubular formation (> 10% vs. ≦ 10%)

0.364

0.167 - 0.794

0.011*

Nuclear pleomorphism (high vs. low)

1.001

0.445 - 2.253

0.997

Mitotic count (> 11 vs. ≦ 10/10 HPFs)

0.881

0.166 - 4.676

0.882

Histologic grade (3 vs. 2 and 1)

0.627

0.088 - 4.486

0.642

Lymphovascular invasion (yes vs. no)

2.286

0.887 - 5.887

0.087

Necrosis (extensive vs. limited/no)

0.977

0.473 - 2.019

0.951

Estrogen receptor (negative vs. positive)

0.499

0.232 - 1.076

0.076

Her2/neu overexpression (positive vs. negative)

2.433

0.950 - 6.234

0.064

Beclin-1 cytoplasmic expression (low vs. high)

2.752

1.211 - 6.256

0.016*

Beclin-1 nuclear expression (low vs. high)

1.471

0.667 - 3.243

0.339

  1. * p < 0.05.