Table 3.

Multivariate Cox regression analyses for overall and cancer-specific survivals.

	Overall survival			Cancer-specific survival
Variables	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95% CI	P
GENDER
Female vs. Male	0.69	0.52–0.91	0.009	0.62	0.38–0.99	0.049
AGE (YEARS)
≥70 vs. <70	2.16	1.62–2.89	<0.001	1.64	1.01–2.67	0.047
LOCATION
Ureter vs. Renal pelvis	1.11	0.83–1.49	0.477	1.01	0.61–1.68	0.976
SYNCHRONOUS
Yes vs. No	1.47	0.86–2.50	0.157	1.16	0.44–3.04	0.760
PAPILLARY ARCHITECTURE
Yes vs. No	0.84	0.62–1.14	0.262	0.78	0.46–1.30	0.334
T3–T4
Yes vs. No	2.50	1.81–3.45	<0.001	5.32	3.09–9.17	<0.001
NODE POSITIVE
Yes vs. No	1.51	0.87–2.63	0.145	1.44	0.65–3.16	0.371
RADIATION THERAPY
Yes vs. No	1.60	0.64–3.99	0.310	1.34	0.42–4.22	0.620
CHEMOTHERAPY
Yes vs. No	1.47	0.91–2.38	0.112	1.77	0.92–3.44	0.090

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.