Correlation of serum cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant levels with Helicobacter pylori infection and disease severity in gastric cancer patients

Table 2 Multivariate cox regression analysis of prognostic factors for overall survival

Variable	HR (95%CI)	P value
CINC (high vs low)	2.41 (1.58-3.68)	< 0.001
H. pylori infection	1.89 (1.23-2.90)	0.004
TNM stage (IV vs I)	3.02 (1.95-4.68)	< 0.001
Current smoking	1.65 (1.10-2.47)	0.015
Age (> 60 vs ≤ 60)	1.32 (0.88-1.98)	0.182
Male gender	1.24 (0.82-1.87)	0.305

H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval; CINC: Cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant.