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. 2017 Jun 2;17:391. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3372-8

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of prognostic factors for overall survival and progression-free survival

Variable Univariate Multivariate
P value HR (95% CI) P Value
Overall survival
 Age (>65 vs. ≤65) <0.001 1.615 (1.116–2.337) 0.011
 Gender (male vs. female) 0.264
 Histology type (NUC vs. UC) 0.363
 Pathological grade (3 vs. 2) <0.001
 pT (pT2 or greater vs. pT1) <0.001 2.796 (1.700–4.598) <0.001
 pN status (positive vs. negative) <0.001 1.682 (1.141–2.480) 0.009
 Smoking history 0.937
 Hypertension 0.480
 Diabetes Mellitus 0.534
 Heart disease 0.018
 Cerebrovascular disease 0.032
 ASA grade (3&4 vs. 1&2) <0.001 1.641 (1.113–2.418) 0.012
 Hypoalbuminemia <0.001
 Anemia <0.001
 Postoperative complications 0.003 1.607 (1.076–2.400) 0.020
 PNI (low vs. high) <0.001 1.668 (1.147–2.425) 0.007
 PLR (high vs. low) <0.001
 NLR (high vs. low) <0.001 1.416 (1.094–2.016) 0.014
 LMR (low vs. high) <0.001
Progression-free survival
 Age (>65 vs. ≤65) <0.001
 Gender (male vs. female) 0.304
 Histology type (NUC vs. UC) 0.683
 Pathological grade (3 vs. 2) <0.001
 pT (pT2 or greater vs. pT1) <0.001 2.560 (1.677–3.906) <0.001
 pN status (positive vs. negative) <0.001 1.871 (1.306–2.680) 0.001
 Smoking history 0.952
 Hypertension 0.604
 Diabetes Mellitus 0.681
 Heart disease 0.012
 Cerebrovascular disease 0.033
 ASA grade (3&4 vs. 1&2) <0.001 1.561 (1.086–2.243) 0.016
 Hypoalbuminemia <0.001
 Anemia <0.001
 Postoperative complications 0.004
 PNI (low vs. high) <0.001 1.680 (1.092–2.005) 0.011
 PLR (high vs. low) <0.001
 NLR (high vs. low) <0.001 1.550 (1.140–2.388) 0.008
 LMR (low vs. high) <0.001

UC urothelial carcinoma, NUC non-urothelial carcinoma, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, PNI prognostic nutritional index, NLR neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-lymphocyte ratio, LMR lymphocyte-monocyte ratio

Significant values are in bold