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Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2023 Aug 2;133(1):63–70. doi: 10.1111/bju.16127

Table 2.

Univariate and Multivariate Fine-Gray regression model for HG recurrence and progression to MIBC or metastatic disease.

High-Grade Recurrence Progression to MIBC or Metastatic Disease
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
Characteristic SHR 95%CI p-value SHR 95%CI p-value SHR 95%CI p-value SHR 95%CI p-value
Age at diagnosis
 Age≤70 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Age>70 1.07 0.78–1.45 0.7 1.05 0.77–1.44 0.7 1.75 1.01–3.04 0.047 1.57 0.87–2.81 0.13
BMI 1.01 0.98–1.03 0.6 0.94 0.91–0.97 0.001 0.94 0.91–0.98 0.002
Gender
 Male 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Female 1.19 0.82–1.73 0.3 0.82 0.40–1.69 0.6
Smoker
 Never 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Current/Past 0.79 0.58–1.09 0.15 0.77 0.56–1.07 0.12 0.94 0.52–1.68 0.8
Grade
 Low 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 High 8.26 2.02–33.77 0.003 13.49 1.86–97.78 0.01 4.88 0.68–34.99 0.11 3.36 0.45–24.96 0.23
Stage of entry TURBT
 Ta 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Tis 2.32 1.36–3.97 0.002 1.64 0.89–3.02 0.11 1.94 0.63–5.91 0.24 1.49 0.45–4.94 0.5
 T1 1.89 1.35–2.66 <0.001 1.92 1.34–2.75 <0.001 2.38 1.29–4.39 0.005 2.94 1.51–5.72 0.001
Tumor
 Primary 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Recurrent 1.32 0.96–1.82 0.08 1.73 1.23–2.43 0.001 1.58 0.99–2.74 0.1 2.40 1.34–4.30 0.003
Variant Histology
 No 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Yes 0.51 0.20–1.29 0.15 0.50 0.19–1.31 0.16 1.06 0.25–4.41 0.9
Size>3 cm
 No 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Yes 1.09 0.79–1.51 0.6 0.77 0.43–1.39 0.4
LVI
 No 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Yes 1.60 0.58–4.47 0.4 4.32 0.91–19.65 0.065 4.06 0.84–19.67 0.08
CIS in entry tumor
 No 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Yes 1.52 1.11–2.08 0.008 1.19 0.83–1.71 0.3 1.39 0.80–2.43 0.24 1.03 0.55–1.93 0.9
Focality
 Single 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Multiple 1.32 0.96–1.80 0.08 1.19 0.86–1.65 0.3 1.41 0.81–2.45 0.23 1.28 0.69–2.37 0.4
Peri-operative Intravesical Chemotherapy
 No 1.00 . 1.00 .
 Yes 0.95 0.58–1.54 0.8 0.87 0.36–2.09 0.8

MIBC: Muscle-invasive bladder cancer; SHR: Sub-standardized Hazard ratio; CI: confident interval; BMI: Body-mass index; TURBT: Transurethral resection of the bladder; LVI: Lymphovascular invasion, CIS: carcinoma in situ.