Research Article

The Prognostic Significance of Protein Expression of CASZ1 in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Univariate analysis of overall, cancer-specific, and progression-free survival.

OSCSSPFS
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

CASZ1
 Low vs. high0.441 (0.328-0.593)<0.0010.363 (0.254-0.518)<0.0010.456 (0.342-0.608)<0.001
Age (years)
 ≤55 vs. >553.242 (2.383-4.410)<0.0012.290 (1.596-3.285)<0.0011.852 (1.420-2.415)<0.001
Gender
 Male vs. female1.160 (0.845-1.594)0.3591.149 (0.771-1.714)0.4941.0800 (0.800-1.457)0.617
WHO/ISUP grade
 1, 2 vs. 3, 42.650 (1.994-3.520)<0.0016.093 (3.892-9.538)<0.0013.034 (2.295-4.012)<0.001
T category
 T1, T2 vs. T3, T43.413 (2.597-4.485)<0.0016.012 (4.298-8.4.9)<0.0014.822 (3.715-6.259)<0.001
N category
 N0/Nx vs. N18.100 (4.596-14.278)<0.00110.984 (6.026-20.018)<0.0016.655 (3.710-11.938)<0.001
M category
 M0 vs. M111.088 (8.098-15.182)<0.00119.696 (13.821-28.067)<0.00115.998 (11.726-21.826)<0.001

OS: overall survival; CSS: cancer-specific survival; PFS: progression-free survival; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.