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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol Oncol. 2021 Jan 7;4(3):464–472. doi: 10.1016/j.euo.2020.12.006

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with advanced UC treated with first line ICI included in risk score modeling

First line ICI
N=357
Age (year), mean (range) 71 (32–93)
Sex, n (%)
 Male 259 (73)
 Female 98 (27)
Race/Ethnicity, n (%)
 Caucasian/White 263 (74)
 Hispanic/Latino 43 (12)
 Black/African-American 20 (6)
 Asian 13 (4)
 Other/Unknown 18 (5)
Smoking History, n (%)
 Yes 243 (68)
 No 111 (31)
 Unknown 3 (1)
Continent of treatment, n (%)
 North America (US only) 91 (25)
 Europe 266 (75)
Site of Primary Disease, n (%)
 Bladder 296 (83)
 Upper tract (renal pelvis or ureter) 48 (13)
 Urethra 3 (1)
 Unknown 10 (3)
Histology, n (%)
 Pure UC 242 (68)
 UC with variant histology 115 (32)
History of extirpative surgery, n (%)
 Yes 184 (52)
 No 148 (41)
 Unknown 25 (7)
History of BCG, n (%)
 Yes 74 (21)
 No 278 (78)
 Unknown 5 (1)
Prior platinum chemotherapy, n (%)
 Yes 147 (41)
 No 210 (59)
Agent received, n (%)
 Atezolizumab 137 (38)
 Avelumab 1 (0.1)
 Durvalumab 11 (3)
 Nivolumab 16 (4)
 Pembrolizumab 189 (53)
 Unknown 3 (1)
GFR<60ml/min at ICI start, n (%)
 Yes 137 (38)
 No 191 (54)
 Unknown 29 (8)
Metastatic disease site at ICI start, n (%)
 Bone 81 (23)
 Liver 58 (16)
 Lung 107 (30)
 Lymph node 243 (68)
ECOG Performance Status, n (%)
 0 80 (22)
 1 176 (49)
 2 90 (25)
 3 9 (3)
 4 2 (1)
Median (IQR)
Albumin at ICI start (g/dL) 3.8 (3.4–4.1)
Hemoglobin at ICI start (mg/dL) 11.6 (10.0–13.1)
ALC at ICI start (x10^3/ul) 1.3 (0.9–1.8)
ANC at ICI start (x10^3/ul) 5.5 (4.1–7.3)
NLR at ICI start 4.2 (2.7–7.1)
Platelets at ICI start (x10^9/L) 254 (201–334)

Abbreviations: ALC indicates absolute lymphocyte count; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor; IQR, inter-quartile range; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; NLR, neutrophil : lymphocyte ratio; PS, performance status; SD, standard deviation; UC, urothelial carcinoma.