Prognostic significance of CD163+ tumor-associated macrophages in colorectal cancer

Table 3 Cox univariate and multivariate analysis for disease-free survival (DFS) stratified for different TAM infiltration

Parameters	Univariate Cox’s regression			Multivariate Cox’s regression
Parameters	P value	HR	95% CI	P value	HR	95% CI
TAMs (low vs. high)	0.000	0.191	0.078–0.470	< 0.001	0.192	0.078–0.473
CEA (< 5 vs. ≥ 5)	0.014	0.403	0.195–0.830	0.030	0.430	0.201–0.920
CA199 (< 37 vs. ≥ 37)	0.005	0.218	0.076–0.625	0.063	0.351	0.116–1.058

HR, hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; TAMs, tumor-associated macrophages; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA, carbohydrate antigen

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