Tumor-derived hepatocyte growth factor is associated with poor prognosis of patients with glioma and influences the chemosensitivity of glioma cell line to cisplatin in vitro

Table 3 Cox regression model for multivariate analyses of prognostic factor in gliomas

Variable	Hazard ratio	95% confidence interval	P value
Age (<47 vs. ≥ 47)	0.924	0.446-1.914	0.833
Gender (male vs. female)	1.144	0.534-2.452	0.728
Histological grade (WHO I-II vs. WHO III-IV)	7.282	1.849-28.671	0.004
Tumor recurrence (no vs. yes)	0.615	0.269-1.403	0.248
Cell proliferation (low PI vs. high PI)	3.898	0.848-17.913	0.080
Angiogenesis (IMD value)	0.992	0.961-1.025	0.666
HGF expression (low vs. high)	3.327	1.357-8.152	0.008