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Table 5 Subgroup analysis on the association between methylation and OS a

From: DNA methylation of SFRP1, SFRP2, and WIF1 and prognosis of postoperative colorectal cancer patients

Symbol

Subgroup

Univariate Cox

Multivariate Cox

Propensity score-1

Propensity score-2

Crude HR (95%CI)

P value

Adjusted HR b (95%CI)

P value

Adjusted HR b (95%CI)

P value

Adjusted HR c (95%CI)

P value

SFRP2

Age

  < 45 years-old

0.150 (0.020–1.148)

0.068

0.021 (0.001–0.348)

0.007

0.126 (0.016–1.025)

0.053

0.161 (0.021–1.263)

0.082

  ≥ 45 years-old

0.346 (0.160–0.748)

0.007

0.414 (0.188–0.911)

0.028

0.479 (0.221–1.035)

0.061

0.537 (0.246–1.173)

0.119

Gender

 Male

0.373 (0.149–0.935)

0.035

0.357 (0.135–0.945)

0.038

0.471 (0.186–1.197)

0.113

0.551 (0.213–1.427)

0.219

 Female

0.214 (0.066–0.698)

0.011

0.311 (0.091–1.056)

0.061

0.328 (0.098–1.102)

0.071

0.291 (0.085–1.005)

0.051

Tumor location

 Colon

0.177 (0.043–0.733)

0.017

0.120 (0.027–0.527)

0.005

0.203 (0.049–0.843)

0.028

0.215 (0.052–0.899)

0.035

 Rectum

0.413 (0.178–0.960)

0.040

0.570 (0.237–1.366)

0.207

0.673 (0.291–1.557)

0.355

0.722 (0.308–1.695)

0.455

TNM Staging

 I-II

0.372 (0.132–1.048)

0.061

0.375 (0.126–1.119)

0.079

0.442 (0.156–1.254)

0.125

0.428 (0.150–1.221)

0.112

 III-IV

0.311 (0.113–0.859)

0.024

0.280 (0.097–0.809)

0.019

0.374 (0.133–1.048)

0.061

0.452 (0.160–1.272)

0.132

Postoperative chemotherapy

 No

0.249 (0.078–0.797)

0.019

0.284 (0.085–0.945)

0.040

0.381 (0.117–1.239)

0.109

0.365 (0.111–1.203)

0.098

 Yes

0.360 (0.142–0.910)

0.031

0.392 (0.150–1.026)

0.056

0.448 (0.177–1.130)

0.089

0.535 (0.207–1.384)

0.197

SFRP1+ SFRP2

Age

  < 45 years-old

0.150 (0.020–1.148)

0.068

0.021 (0.001–0.348)

0.007

0.119 (0.014–1.025)

0.053

0.151 (0.019–1.225)

0.077

  ≥ 45 years-old

0.334 (0.155–0.720)

0.005

0.399 (0.181–0.879)

0.023

0.463 (0.212–1.008)

0.052

0.523 (0.238–1.152)

0.108

Gender

 Male

0.356 (0.143–0.886)

0.026

0.339 (0.130–0.884)

0.027

0.448 (0.179–1.119)

0.086

0.526 (0.206–1.343)

0.179

 Female

0.214 (0.066–0.698)

0.011

0.311 (0.091–1.056)

0.061

0.328 (0.098–1.103)

0.072

0.304 (0.090–1.022)

0.054

Tumor location

 Colon

0.177 (0.043–0.733)

0.017

0.120 (0.027–0.527)

0.005

0.200 (0.048–0.832)

0.027

0.213 (0.051–0.890)

0.034

 Rectum

0.397 (0.172–0.918)

0.031

0.546 (0.227–1.312)

0.176

0.656 (0.278–1.551)

0.337

0.708 (0.297–1.690)

0.437

TNM Staging

 I-II

0.372 (0.132–1.048)

0.061

0.375 (0.126–1.119)

0.079

0.445 (0.157–1.260)

0.127

0.434 (0.152–1.237)

0.118

 III-IV

0.295 (0.108–0.809)

0.018

0.263 (0.092–0.751)

0.013

0.352 (0.127–0.970)

0.044

0.419 (0.147–1.193)

0.103

Postoperative chemotherapy

 No

0.249 (0.078–0.797)

0.019

0.284 (0.085–0.945)

0.040

0.381 (0.117–1.239)

0.109

0.360 (0.109–1.191)

0.094

 Yes

0.343 (0.137–0.861)

0.023

0.372 (0.144–0.961)

0.041

0.426 (0.168–1.076)

0.071

0.517 (0.200–1.332)

0.172

  1. aAll HR values were referenced by hypomethylation
  2. bControlling for the variables which included age, gender, CEA, CA19–9, TNM staging, pathological classification, differentiation degree and postoperative radiotherapy
  3. cControlling for the variables which included age, gender, CEA, CA19–9, multiple polyps, tumor location, TNM staging, pathological classification, histologic classification, differentiation degree, postoperative chemotherapy and postoperative radiotherapy