Subtotal gastrectomy combined with chemotherapy: An effective therapy for patients with circumscribed Borrmann type IV gastric cancer

Table 2 Cox univariate and multivariate analyses of circumscribed Borrmann type IV patients

Variable	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	HR (95%CI)	P value	HR (95%CI)	P value
Age (yr)	1.012 (0.992-1.033)	0.226
Gender	0.969 (0.638-1.470)	0.881
Diameter (cm)	1.086 (1.013-1.164)	0.02
Tumor location	1.206 (0.879-1.655)	0.246
Radical degree	1.575 (0.687-3.612)	0.283
Histological type	0.708 (0.310-1.620)	0.414
pT stage	1.422 (1.021-1.982)	0.037
pN stage	1.482 (1.224-1.794)	0.000	1.433 (1.179-1.742)	0.000
Venous/lymphatic infiltration	0.934 (0.615-1.418)	0.748
Gastrectomy type	0.330 (0.182-0.595)	0.000	0.400 (0.219-0.728)	0.003
Postoperative chemotherapy	0.482 (0.320-0.727)	0.001	0.564 (0.373-0.853)	0.007

HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval; pT: Tumor invasion depth; pN: Lymph node status.