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. 2014 Jun 10;111(3):444–451. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.305

Table 3. Cox proportional hazard models for cancer-specific survival.

 
Unadjusted
Adjusted
Parameter HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value
NLR (⩾3 vs <3)
1.88 (1.52–2.33)
<0.001
1.88 (1.39–2.54)
<0.001
Age
1.01 (0.99–1.04)
0.19
1.00 (0.97–1.04)
0.88
Gender (female vs male)
1.17 (0.95–1.46)
0.14
1.10 (0.87–1.40)
0.41
Charlson Comorbidity Index
1.16 (1.06–1.28)
0.002
1.16 (1.09–1.24)
<0.001
Haemoglobin (per 10 units)
0.87 (0.82–0.91)
<0.001
0.96 (0.92–0.99)
0.013
Platelets (per 100 units)
1.28 (1.14–1.44)
<0.001
1.19 (1.03–1.37)
0.019
T-stage (pT3–4 vs pT0–2)
3.12 (2.18–4.47)
<0.001
1.65 (1.06–2.56)
0.026
N-stage (N+ vs N0/Nx)
3.21 (2.14–4.81)
<0.001
2.26 (1.38–3.70)
0.001
Positive surgical margin
1.98 (1.03–3.82)
0.041
1.61 (0.79–3.31)
0.19
Year of radical cystectomy
0.98 (0.92–1.04)
0.50
0.96 (0.90–1.03)
0.30
Lymphovascular invasion
3.09 (1.98–4.82)
<0.001
1.91 (1.10–3.34)
0.023
NAC/primary chemotherapy
1.47 (0.66–3.25)
0.34
1.33 (0.59–2.98)
0.50
Adjuvant chemotherapy 1.36 (1.01–1.83) 0.041 0.95 (0.49–1.86) 0.89

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio; NAC=neo-adjuvant chemotherapy; NLR=neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.