Table 3 Cox-Regression Analyses for MST1 and the 30-day death and long-term survival

30-day death

 MST 1 (pg/ml)

  Continuous

1.004 (1.002, 1.007) 0.001*

1.004(1.001, 1.006) 0.002*

1.004 (1.001, 1.006) 0.004*

 MST 1 (pg/ml)

  Q1–Q2

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Q3

5.233 (1.843, 14.862) 0.002*

5.034 (1.740, 14.566) 0.003*

4.628 (1.572, 13.625) 0.005*

Postoperative death

 MST 1 (pg/ml)

  Continuous

1.002 (1.000, 1.003) 0.032*

1.001 (1.000, 1.003) 0.051

1.001 (1.000, 1.003) 0.105

 MST 1 (pg/ml)

  Q1–Q2

Reference

Reference

Reference

  Q3

2.023 (1.010, 4.055) 0.046*

1.828 (0.897, 3.728) 0.097

1.704 (0.821, 3.538) 0.152