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. 2017 Sep 21;12(9):e0184173. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184173

Table 4. Uni- and multivariate Cox cause-specific hazards analysis of pRCC, ccRCC, and pRCC subtypes (type 1 and type 2) and clinical and pathological variables for the prediction of cancer-specific mortality in patients with metastatic RCC in the post tyrosine kinase inhibitor era.

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
HR 95%CI p HR 95%CI p
Patients with metastatic disease (M1)
Age 1 0.98–1.02 0.916 1* 0.98–1.02 0.891
Sex (Female vs. Male) 1.06 0.67–1.7 0.796 1.06* 0.66–1.71 0.815
pT (pT 3–4 vs. pT 1–2) 1.31 0.84–2.04 0.237 1.21* 0.76–1.92 0.421
Grade (G 3–4 vs. G 1–2) 1.41 0.91–2.2 0.125 1.36* 0.86–2.16 0.187
pRCC vs. ccRCC 0.89 0.58–1.36 0.579 0.86 0.56–1.34 0.514
pRCC type 2 vs. type1 5.12 1.17–22.31 0.03 4.63 1.05–20.52 0.044
pRCC type 1 vs. ccRCC 0.24 0.06–1.02 0.053 0.29 0.07–1.21 0.09
pRCC type 2 vs. ccRCC 1.27 0.7–2.27 0.431 1.34 0.74–2.42 0.33

* HRs are based on two different Cox models and therefore might slightly differ