Table 2.

Prediction of the presence of bladder cancer by the triglycerides/HDL ratio and pseudocholinesterase levels. Logistic regression: number of observations = 302, Pseudo R² = 0.0619.

d.v.	BCa (Yes/No)	Odds Ratio	Std. Err.	z	p >|z|	95% CI
i.v.	Triglycerides/HDL Ratio	1.22022	0.0848785	2.86	0.004	1.064706–1.398455
i.v	PChE	0.9997446	0.0000648	− 3.94	0.0000	0.9996176–9998715

BCa, bladder cancer; PChE, pseudocholinesterase; d.v., dependent variable; i.v., independent variable. The 95% confidence intervals of the triglycerides/HDL ratio lie in a larger range than those of PChE. With a note of caution (low pseudo R²) in their interpretation, the TG/HDL ratio did not predict the severity (stage) of bladder cancer in the BCa group, differently from PChE levels, which negatively predicted it (Table 3).