Table 1.

Baseline patients’ characteristics.

		LN Count			LN Count
Variable		<10	≥10	p Value	<15	≥15	p Value
Totals, No.		111	328		245	194
Age, years				0.848			0.953
Mean		64.765	64.593		64.657	64.611
SD		9.587	7.716		8.501	7.868
Sex, No.				0.017			0.756
Female		37	60		56	41
Male		74	268		189	153
ASA score, No.				0.179			0.768
1		4	13		7	10
2		101	279		215	165
3		6	35		23	18
4		0	1		0	1
Pathological T stage, No.				0.539			0.948
pT0		22	32		36	18
pTis/Ta/T1		9	42		25	26
pT2		18	63		42	39
pT3		33	113		80	66
pT4		29	78		62	45
Pathological N stage, No.				0.759			0.606
pN0		75	228		166	137
pN+		36	100		79	57
Surgical margin				0.576			0.906
Negative		96	290		216	170
Positive		15	38		29	24
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, No.				0.567			0.656
No		87	269		196	160
Yes		24	59		49	34
Surgical approach				0.375			0.043
Open (ORC)		77	246		171	152
Laparoscopic (LRC)		34	82		74	42

ASA score: American Society of Anesthesiologists score; LN: lymph nodes; SD standard deviation; ORC: open radical cystectomy; LRC: laparoscopic radical cystectomy.