Table 5B.

Multivariate analysis of clinicopathological findings and miR-135a-5p expression as predictors of metachronous metastasis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Risk factor	Hazard ratio	95% C.I.	P-value
Fuhrman grade
3 vs. 2	1.844	0.700–4.816	0.211
Necrosis
Presence vs. Absence	1.336	0.409–4.070	0.620
Venous invasion
Positive vs. Negative	3.394	0.365–24.689	0.272
pT Stage†			0.263
pT2 vs. pT1	2.110	0.596–6.518	0.231
pT3 vs. pT1	0.551	0.058–5.316	0.609
pT3 vs. pT2	0.261	0.039–2.289	0.217
Expression of miRNA-135a-5p
Low (≤ cutoff) vs. high (> cutoff)	2.857	1.093–7.535	0.032*

^†Overall significance of P = 0.263. CI, confidence interval; miRNA, microRNA.

^*P < 0.05.