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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2013 Jul 30;191(1):40–47. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.07.061

Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients undergoing RC.

Low Risk High Risk p Value
Median age (IQR) 69.6 (61.3, 74.8) 72.6 (63.1, 79.6) 0.366
No. gender (%): 0.05
 F 22 (11.1) 19 (19.4)
 M 177 (88.9) 79 (80.6)
No. race (%): 0.829
 Caucasian 180 (90.5) 86 (87.0)
 African-American 5 (2.5) 4 (4.1)
 Hispanic 13 (6.5) 7 (7.1)
 Asian 1 (0.5) 1 (1.0)
No. smoking history (%): 0.557
 Never 43 (21.9) 23 (23.5)
 Former 115 (58.7) 61 (62.2)
 Current 38 (19.4) 14 (14.3)
No. body mass index (kg/m2) (%): 0.150
 Less than 25.0 47 (24.9) 38 (35.5)
 25.0–29.9 84 (44.4) 41 (38.3)
 30.0–34.9 43 (22.8) 17 (15.9)
 35.0 or Greater 15 (7.9) 11 (10.3)
No. prior intravesical treatment (%) 46 (23.1) 18 (18.4) 0.349
No. concomitant carcinoma in situ (%) 52 (26.1) 28 (28.6) 0.656
No. clinical tumor stage (%): <0.001
 cT1 0 (0) 29 (29.6)
 cT2 199 (100.0) 50 (51.0)
 cT3b 0 14 (14.3)
 cT4a 0 5 (5.1)
Median mos from TUR to RC (IQR) 1.5 (1.0, 2.4) 1.4 (0.9, 1.9) 0.321
No. preop hemoglobin (%): 0.063
 12-16 (female) or 14-18 (male) 104 (52.3) 42 (42.0)
 Less than 12 (female) or less than 14 (male) 95 (47.7) 58 (59.2)
Median pre-RC laboratory values (IQR):
 Glomerular filtration rate 74.5 (62, 83.5) 69 (50, 85) 0.585
 Platelet count 229 (193, 277) 248 (210, 326) 0.161
 Creatinine 1.0 (0.9, 1.3) 1.0 (0.9, 1.4) 0.928
 Albumin 4.1 (4.0, 4.4) 4.1 (3.8, 4.4) 0.530
 Calcium 9.1 (8.9, 9.4) 9.1 (8.8, 9.4) 0.988
 Alkaline phosphatase 77.5 (66, 89) 77 (63, 97) 0.960
 Lactate dehydrogenase 447.5 (397.5, 514) 432 (393, 505) 0.461
No. history of malignancy (%) 22 (11.1) 18 (18.4) 0.090