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. 2012 Oct;26(10):1290–1295. doi: 10.1089/end.2012.0117

Table 5.

Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of the Variables Associated with Continence Recovery of 3 Months After Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

 
Univariate logistic regression
Multivariate logistic regression of preoperative parameters
Multivariate logistic regression of preoperative, operative and pathologic parameters
 
 
95% confidence interval
 
 
95% confidence interval
 
 
95% confidence interval
 
  Odds ratio Lower Upper P value Odds ratio Lower Upper P value Odds ratio Lower Upper P value
Age≥70 (years) 0.207 0.088 0.486 <0.001 0.277 0.109 0.704 0.007 0.281 0.109 0.729 0.009
BMI (kg/m2) 0.959 0.913 1.008 0.102 0.950 0.902 1.000 0.048 0.947 0.899 0.998 0.040
Clinical stage≥T2 0.498 0.285 0.868 0.014 0.518 0.288 0.930 0.028 0.483 0.264 0.886 0.019
AUASS 0.970 0.941 1.000 0.051 0.995 0.962 1.028 0.747 0.998 0.964 1.032 0.894
SHIM 1.050 1.020 1.081 0.001 1.044 1.012 1.078 0.008 1.040 1.007 1.074 0.016
Prostate size (cc) 0.991 0.979 1.003 0.16 - - - - - - - -
Prostate size≥40 (cc) 0.498 0.291 0.844 0.010 - - - - 0.548 0.314 0.957 0.034
Positive surgical margin 1.069 0.544 2.103 0.846 - - - - 1.077 0.523 2.214 0.841
Bilateral NVB spared 1.763 0.976 3.184 0.060 - - - - - - - -
Learning curve group (group of every 100 cases) 0.922 0.775 1.097 0.359 - - - - - - - -
Operative time (min) 0.993 0.989 0.998 0.003 - - - - - - - -
EBL 0.999 0.997 1.000 0.033 - - - - - - - -
Preoperative PSA 0.973 0.934 1.014 0.193 - - - - - - - -
Bx Gleason score 0.774 0.637 0.941 0.01 - - - - - - - -
Pathologic stage≥T3 0.408 0.156 1.067 0.068 - - - - - - - -
Pathologic stage 1.032 0.825 1.29 0.783 - - - - - - - -
Pathologic Gleason score 0.844 0.751 0.949 0.005 - - - - - - - -

BMI=body mass index; AUASS=American Urological Association Symptom Score; SHIM=Sexual Health Inventory for Men; NVB=neurovascular bundle; EBL=estimated blood loss; PSA=prostate-specific antigen; Bx=biopsy.