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. 2021 Jun 18;39(12):4355–4361. doi: 10.1007/s00345-021-03740-3

Table 2.

Multivariable Cox regression analyses predicting survival outcomes

OS CSS PFS RFS
Multivariable Multivariable Multivariable Multivariable
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
 Age (ref. ≤ 70)
  > 70 3.13 2.48–3.96  < 0.001 1.99 1.12–3.54 0.019 1.89 1.27–2.81 0.002 1.72 1.43–2.08  < 0.001
 Sex 0.74 0.56–0.99 0.045 0.78 0.40–1.54 0.47 1.06 0.68–1.65 0.81 0.94 0.76–1.17 0.60
 Smoking 0.92 0.70–1.20 0.52 1.79 0.80–4.01 0.16 1.96 1.11–3.46 0.020 1.10 0.88–1.37 0.40
 Adjuvant BCG 0.79 0.58–1.09 0.16 0.84 0.43–1.65 0.62 0.69 0.43–1.13 0.14 0.84 0.67–1.05 0.12
 Concomitant CIS 0.99 0.52–1.86 0.97 0.97 0.31–2.98 0.95 0.97 0.42–2.21 0.94 0.88 0.58–1.34 0.55
Number of tumor (ref. < 8)
 8 ≤  1.67 1.11–2.52 0.014 2.80 1.34–5.85 0.006 2.14 1.25–3.67 0.006 1.03 0.73–1.45 0.87
 Tumor size (ref. < 3)
 3 ≤  1.10 0.84–1.41 0.51 0.92 0.51–1.67 0.78 1.06 0.70–1.61 0.78 2.38 1.96–2.88  < 0.001
Prior recurrence rate (ref. Primary, ≤ 1 recurrence/yr)
 1 < recurrence/yr 1.09 0.76–1.55 0.65
 Grade (ref. Grade 1)
 Grade 2 1.29 0.93–1.76 0.13 11.6 1.54–87.0 0.017 2.49 1.15–5.42 0.021 1.74 1.33–2.29  < 0.001
 Grade 3 1.57 0.79–3.12 0.20 42.7 4.99–366.3 0.001 8.83 3.37–23.1  < 0.001 2.50 1.58–3.95  < 0.001
 Stage (ref. pTa, Tis)
 pT1 0.77 0.40–1.46 0.42 0.36 0.15–0.90 0.03 0.42 0.21–0.83 0.013 0.42 0.28–0.63  < 0.001
 SII 1.04 0.80–1.36 0.78 2.53 1.42–4.48 0.001 1.84 1.23–2.77 0.003 1.23 1.00–1.50 0.046
 C-index without SII 0.66 0.75 0.71 0.66
 C-index with SII 0.67 0.78 0.74 0.66

Bold P values are considered statistically significant

BCG bacillus Calmette–Guerin, CIS carcinoma in situ, SII systemic inflammatory index, OS overall survival, CSS cancer-specific survival, PFS progression-free survival, RFS recurrence-free survival