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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2020 Jan 23;204(1):63–70. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000000761

Table 4C.

Multivariate analysis of PFS by tumor histology subtype compared to PUC, with Bellmunt covariates

PUC vs. VUC HR (95% CI) p value
Variant UC 0.92 (0.70 – 1.21) 0.56
Age 0.98 (0.97-1.00) 0.01
Hgb 1.01 (0.94 – 1.08) 0.81
Liver Metastasis 1.85 (1.36 – 2.50) <0.001
Albumin 0.58 (0.44 – 0.77) <0.001
ECOG PS 0 Reference reference
ECOG PS 1 1.19 (0.87 – 1.62) 0.29
ECOG PS 2 1.26 (0.86 – 1.84) 0.24
ECOG PS 3 2.02 (0.98 – 4.15) 0.06
Variant UC 0.91 (0.70 – 1.19) 0.50
Bellmunt 0 reference reference
Bellmunt 1 1.37 (0.97 – 1.95) 0.08
Bellmunt 2 2.02 (1.40 – 2.93) <0.001
Bellmunt 3 3.09 (1.70 – 5.60) <0.001
 
Pure UC vs. NE HR (95% CI) p value
Neuroendocrine 1.57 (0.75 – 3.29) 0.24
Age 0.98 (0.97 – 0.99) 0.003
Hgb 1.05 (0.97 – 1.13) 0.24
Liver Metastasis 2.04 (1.44 – 2.89) <0.001
Albumin 0.55 (0.40 – 0.76) <0.001
ECOG PS 0 reference reference
ECOG PS 1 1.00 (0.69 – 1.42) 0.97
ECOG PS 2 1.11 (0.72 – 1.70) 0.65
ECOG PS 3 1.88 (0.90 – 3.93) 0.09
Neuroendocrine 1.67 (0.78 – 3.55) 0.18
Bellmunt 0 reference reference
Bellmunt 1 1.14 (0.76 - 1.71) 0.52
Bellmunt 2 1.86 (1.20 – 2.87) 0.01
Bellmunt 3 2.30 (1.17 – 4.54) 0.02

Cox hazard ratio (HR) was calculated to compare OS of patients with pure urothelial cancer versus each histology subtype (VUC as defined previously, or each variant histology).

Abbreviations: Hgb, hemoglobin; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; NE, neuroendocrine; PS, performance status; PUC, pure urothelial carcinoma; VUC, variant urothelial carcinoma