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. 2010 Nov;177(5):2216–2224. doi: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.091190

Table 2.

Univariate Analysis Evaluating Potential Predictors for Mortality in the 278 Patients with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer who Underwent Open RRP

Variables No. Overall mortality
Disease-specific mortality
Recurrence
HR 95% CI p HR 95% CI p HR 95% CI p
Age* 278 1.01 (0.967; 1.05) 0.74 0.98 (0.934; 1.02) 0.31 1.03 (1.01; 1.05) 0.01
Pathological tumor stage 278 3.48 (2.28; 5.3) <0.001 4.52 (2.75; 7.4) <0.001 1.96 (1.51; 2.55) <0.001
Pathological lymph node status 261 3.58 (2.17; 5.91) <0.001 5.48 (2.96; 10.2) <0.001 2.42 (1.77; 3.32) <0.001
Tumor grade 263 2.63 (1.71; 4.05) <0.001 3.21 (1.92; 5.36) <0.001 1.75 (1.37; 2.23) <0.001
Gleason score 276 2.77 (1.88; 4.08) <0.001 3.3 (2.09; 5.23) <0.001 1.66 (1.34; 2.06) <0.001
MMP-2% 278 1.05 (0.871; 1.26) 0.63 1.08 (0.87; 1.35) 0.47 1.08 (0.968; 1.20) 0.17
MMP-2 intensity 278 1.03 (0.796; 1.32) 0.84 0.947 (0.703; 1.27) 0.72 1.03 (0.89; 1.20) 0.69
MMP-3% 278 0.917 (0.725; 1.16) 0.47 0.858 (0.637; 1.16) 0.31 0.953 (0.836; 1.09) 0.47
MMP-3 intensity 278 0.891 (0.588; 1.35) 0.59 0.756 (0.43; 1.33) 0.33 0.995 (0.79; 1.25) 0.96
MMP-7% 278 0.893 (0.773; 1.03) 0.13 0.87 (0.738; 1.03) 0.1 0.933 (0.85; 1.02) 0.15
MMP-7 intensity 278 1.01 (0.695; 1.46) 0.97 1.08 (0.704; 1.64) 0.73 0.993 (0.775; 1.27) 0.96
MMP-9% 278 0.832 (0.693; 0.99) 0.048 0.813 (0.661; 0.999) 0.049 0.875 (0.775; 0.99) 0.03
MMP-9 intensity 278 0.602 (0.452; 0.8) <0.001 0.511 (0.359; 0.727) <0.001 0.874 (0.746; 1.02) 0.096
MMP-13% 278 0.922 (0.735; 1.16) 0.48 0.925 (0.71; 1.21) 0.56 0.948 (0.821;1.10) 0.47
MMP-13 intensity 278 0.814 (0.55; 1.21) 0.31 0.765 (0.481; 1.22) 0.26 0.833 (0.663; 1.05) 0.12
MMP-19% 278 0.997 (0.868; 0.15) 0.97 0.983 (0.835; 1.16) 0.84 0.948 (0.87; 1.03) 0.22
MMP-19 intensity 278 0.727 (0.476; 1.11) 0.14 0.794 (0.486; 1.30) 0.36 0.83 (0.649; 1.06) 0.14
CD 31 count 278 1.19 (0.965; 1.47) 0.1 1.24 (0.97; 1.58) 0.088 1.03 (0.903; 1.17) 0.69
VEGF % 278 1.11 (0.934; 1.33) 0.23 1.05 (0.864; 1.28) 0.61 1.05 (0.944; 1.16) 0.38
VEGF intensity 278 1.24 (0.954; 1.61) 0.11 1.09 (0.794; 1.49) 0.6 1.08 (0.917; 1.27) 0.36
BFGF tumor 278 0.952 (0.679; 1.34) 0.78 0.918 (0.614; 1.37) 0.67 0.93 (0.755; 1.15) 0.5
BFGF stroma 278 0.952 (0.673; 1.35) 0.78 1.24 (0.851; 1.81) 0.26 1.01 (0.816; 1.25) 0.93
HIF 1α % 278 0.992 (0.84; 1.17) 0.92 1.01 (0.828; 1.22) 0.95 1.04 (0.942; 1.15) 0.42
HIF 1α intensity 278 1.01 (0.72; 1.46) 0.95 1.07 (0.699; 1.63) 0.77 1.11 (0.886; 1.39) 0.37

HR: hazard ratio. 

95% CI: confidence interval. 

*

Age: per additional year. 

Gleason score: low- (2 to 4), intermediate- (5 to 7), high- (8 to 10) risk disease. 

Bold indicates P < 0.05, significant.