Table 3.
Univariate log-rank and multivariate analyses for Disease-specific and Metastasis-free Survivals in upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma.
Parameter | Category | Case No. | Disease-specific Survival | Metastasis-free Survival | ||||||||
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Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||||||
No. of event | p-value | R.R. | 95% C.I. | p-value | No. of event | p-value | R.R. | 95% C.I. | p-value | |||
Gender | Male | 158 | 28 | 0.8286 | - | - | - | 32 | 0.7904 | - | - | - |
Female | 182 | 33 | - | - | - | 38 | - | - | - | |||
Age (years) | < 65 | 138 | 26 | 0.9943 | - | - | - | 30 | 0.8470 | - | - | - |
≥ 65 | 202 | 35 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | |||
Tumor side | Right | 177 | 34 | 0.7366 | - | - | - | 38 | 0.3074 | - | - | - |
Left | 154 | 26 | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | |||
Bilateral | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | |||
Tumor location | Renal pelvis | 141 | 24 | 0.0079* | 1 | - | 0.997 | 31 | 0.0659 | - | - | - |
Ureter | 150 | 22 | 0.859 | 0.462-1.598 | 25 | - | - | - | ||||
Renal pelvis & ureter | 49 | 15 | 1.334 | 0.370-4.805 | 14 | - | - | - | ||||
Multifocality | Single | 273 | 48 | 0.0026* | 1 | - | 0.005* | 52 | 0.0127* | 1 | - | <0.001* |
Multifocal | 62 | 18 | 3.026 | 1.400-6.540 | 18 | 2.517 | 1.453-4.360 | |||||
Primary tumor (T) | Ta | 89 | 2 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | 0.015* | 4 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | 0.180 |
T1 | 92 | 9 | 5.281 | 0.834-33.444 | 15 | 2.807 | 0.865-9.110 | |||||
T2-T4 | 159 | 50 | 7.405 | 1.286-42.636 | 51 | 2.657 | 0.823-8.582 | |||||
Nodal metastasis | Negative (N0) | 312 | 42 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | <0.001* | 55 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | <0.001* |
Positive (N1-N3) | 28 | 19 | 5.707 | 3.085-10.558 | 15 | 3.135 | 1.698-5.788 | |||||
Histological grade | Low grade | 56 | 4 | 0.0215* | 1 | - | 0.029* | 3 | 0.0027* | 1 | - | 0.020* |
High grade | 284 | 57 | 3.507 | 1.137-10.814 | 67 | 4.259 | 1.251-14.496 | |||||
Vascular invasion | Absent | 234 | 24 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | 0.160 | 26 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | 0.003* |
Present | 106 | 37 | 1.531 | 0.845-2.774 | 44 | 2.459 | 1.347-4.487 | |||||
Perineural invasion | Absent | 321 | 50 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | <0.001* | 61 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | 0.009* |
Present | 19 | 11 | 4.045 | 1.931-8.476 | 9 | 2.712 | 1.289-5.708 | |||||
Mitotic rate (per 10 high power fields) | < 10 | 173 | 27 | 0.167 | - | - | 30 | 0.0823 | - | - | ||
>= 10 | 167 | 34 | - | - | 40 | - | - | |||||
C1s expression | Low | 170 | 8 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | <0.001* | 18 | <0.0001* | 1 | - | 0.006* |
High | 170 | 53 | 1.755 | 1.385-2.225 | 52 | 1.482 | 1.117-1.967 |
* Statistically significant