RETRACTED ARTICLE: Down-regulated MicroRNA 148b expression as predictive biomarker and its prognostic significance associated with clinicopathological features in non-small-cell lung cancer patients

Table 2 Multivariate analysis with a Cox proportional hazards model between clinicopathological factors by Cox regression model

Clinicopathological characteristics	HR	95 % CI	P-value
Sex	0.741	0.412- 3.134	0.573
Age	1.631	0.845-3.120	0.614
TNM stage	2.382	1.525-9.139	0.011
Lymph node metastasis	2.124	0.972-6.643	0.021
Histological type	0.417	0.622-2.424	0.423
Distant metastasis	1.631	0.764-2.375	0.551
miR-148b level	3.215	1.543-10.621	0.021

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