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. 2021 May 7;74(2):169–177. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2021.0017.R3

Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis for the identification of predictors for positive surgical margins after surgery in nerve-sparing procedures

Variable Univariable Multivariable
OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value
Risk class
 low
 intermediate
 high

1.0
1.15
0.48


0.53–2.52
0.01–20.97


0.72
0.70

1.0
2.44
14.63


0.75–7.91
0.01–189.13


0.14
0.84
mpMRI PI–RADS
 1–2
 3
 4–5

1.0
0.38
0.45


0.20–7.40
0.03–7.55


0.53
0.58

1.0
2.21
2.45


0.02–256.85
0.02–265.24


0.74
0.71
Surgical procedure
 LRP
 RARP

1.0
1.95


0.93–4.12


0.08

1.0
1.86


0.69–5.03


0.22
NS procedure
 monolateral
 bilateral

1.0
1.27


0.61–2.66


0.52

1.0
2.14


0.74–6.19


0.16
Pathologic T stage
 pT2
 pT3a
 pT3b

1.0
2.09
1.44


0.94–4.63
0.12–16.57


0.07
0.77

1.0
2.60
1.75


0.86–7.81
0.12–24.59


0.09
0.68
ISUP at surgery
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5

1.0
1.20
0.94
0.83
7.44


0.52–2.80
0.28–3.19
0.01–80.49
0.08–724.61


0.67
0.92
0.93
0.39

1.0
1.11
1.03
1.63
17.41


0.32–3.86
0.20–5.36
0.01–191.91
0.02–14615.21


0.87
0.97
0.84
0.41
PNI at surgery
 absent
 present

1.0
0.89


0.42–1.88


0.76

1.0
1.04


0.37–2.94


0.94

OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval; mpMRI – multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging; PI-RADS – Prostate Imaging -Reporting and Data System; LRP – laparoscopic radical prostatectomy; RARP – robot-assisted radical prostatectomy; NS – nerve-sparing; ISUP – International Society of Urological Pathology; PNI – perineural invasion