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. 2023 Mar 22;13:1122877. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1122877

Table 2.

Association between clinicopathologic features and IVR in UTUC.

Characteristic With IVR Without IVR p value
N=58 N=162
Age (years) 67.5 (40-84) 67.5 (38-86) 0.84
Sex 0.51
Male 28 (48.3%) 70 (43.2%)
Female 30 (51.7%) 92 (56.8%)
BMI 24.31 (16.42-31.55) 24.61 (16.44-40.00) 0.37
History of hypertension 0.19
No 25 (43.1%) 86 (53.1%)
Yes 33 (56.9%) 76 (46.9%)
History of diabetes 0.42
No 48 (82.8%) 126 (77.8%)
Yes 10 (17.2%) 36 (22.2%)
Laterality 0.15
Left 27 (46.6%) 93 (57.4%)
Right 31 (53.4%) 69 (42.6%)
Location 0.72
Renal pelvis 24 (41.4%) 73 (45.1%)
Ureter 30 (51.7%) 81 (50.0%)
Both 4(6.9%) 8(5.0%)
Multifocality 0.01
Single 39 (67.2%) 135 (83.3%)
Multiple 19 (32.8%) 27 (16.7%)
Pathologic stage 0.08
pT1 25 (43.1%) 91 (56.2%)
pT2 19 (32.8%) 33 (20.4%)
pT3 10 (17.2%) 34 (21.0%)
pT4 4 (6.9%) 4 (2.5%)
Lymph node status 0.68
pN0/pNx 57 (98.3%) 156 (96.3%)
pN+ 1 (1.7%) 6 (3.7%)
Tumor grade 0.42
Low 4 (6.9%) 17 (10.5%)
High 54 (93.1%) 145 (89.5%)
Tumor size (cm) 3.0 (0.4-9.5) 2.5 (0.2-8.5) 0.24
Margin status 0.02
Negative 53 (91.4%) 160 (98.8%)
Positive 5 (8.6%) 2 (1.2%)
Urine pathology <0.01
Negative 11 (19.0%) 84 (51.9%)
Tumor cell 21 (36.2%) 13 (8.0%)
Atypical 26 (44.8%) 65 (40.1%)
Hydronephrosis 0.02
≤2cm 29 (50.0%) 109 (67.3%)
>2cm 29 (50.0%) 53 (32.7%)
Adjuvant chemotherapy <0.01
No 45 (77.6%) 67 (41.4%)
Yes 13 (22.4%) 95 (58.6%)
Creatinine (μmol/L) 0.22
≤106 43 (74.1%) 106 (65.4%)
>106 15 (25.9%) 56 (34.6%)
NLR 4.14 (1.00-13.74) 4.03 (1.61-10.14) 0.39
LMR 1.52 (0.32-3.00) 1.6 (0.48-3.42) 0.35
URS 0.14
No URS 17 (29.3%) 69 (42.6%)
1-Session 36 (62.1%) 76 (46.9%)
2-Session 5 (8.6%) 17 (10.5%)
Survival time (months) 39 (4-143) 42 (2-143) 0.76

UTUC, upper urinary tract cancer; IVR: intravesical recurrence; URS, ureteroscopy; BMI, body mass index; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; LMR, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio