Table 2.
Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models of the association of CNA burden and clinical variables with BCR
Variable | Initial cohort (n = 168) | Contemporary cohort (n = 104) | ||||||
P | HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | |||
CNA burden (continuous)* | <0.001 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 1.13 | 0.025 | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.09 |
Pretreatment PSA | 0.001 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.046 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.07 |
CNA burden (continuous)* | 0.043 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 1.08 | 0.026 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.10 |
Pathology Gleason score | ||||||||
6 | 0.047 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.99 | 0.384 | 1.68 | 0.52 | 5.43 |
7 | Ref. | — | — | — | Ref. | — | — | — |
8 | 0.025 | 2.97 | 1.14 | 7.71 | <0.001 | 23.54 | 5.61 | 73.54 |
9 | <0.001 | 8.09 | 3.59 | 18.25 | <0.001 | 15.11 | 4.97 | 38.33 |
CNA burden (continuous)* | <0.001 | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.12 | 0.03 | 1.05 | 1.00 | 1.09 |
Biopsy Gleason score | ||||||||
≤6 | 0.008 | 0.40 | 0.21 | 0.79 | 0.228 | 0.56 | 0.22 | 1.44 |
7 | Ref. | — | — | — | Ref. | — | — | — |
8 | 0.127 | 1.97 | 0.83 | 4.70 | 0.307 | 1.82 | 0.58 | 98.84 |
9 | 0.739 | 1.23 | 0.36 | 4.18 | 0.071 | 4.13 | 0.88 | 45.99 |
CNA burden (continuous)* | 0.318 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 0.011 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.10 |
Stephenson nomogram | <0.001 | 0.02 | <0.01 | 0.06 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.09 |
Ref, reference category.
HR is per each 1% change in CNA.