Table 3.
Prediction of the staging of bladder cancer by the triglycerides/HDL ratio and pseudocholinesterase levels.
| Ordered Probit Regression: Number of Observations = 162, Pseudo R2 = 0.0011 | ||||||
| d.v. | Staging | Coefficient | Std. Err. | Z | p > |z| | 95% CI |
| i.v. | Triglycerides/HDL Ratio |
−0.02272 | 0.03165 | −0.72 | 0.47 | 0.08476–0.03930 |
| Ordered Probit Regression: Number of Observations = 174, Pseudo R2 = 0.0274 | ||||||
| d.v. | Staging | Coefficient | Std. Err. | z | p > |z| | 95% CI |
| i.v. | PChE | −0.00015 | 0.00004 | − 3.67 | 0.000 | −0.00023–0.00007 |
PChE, pseudocholinesterase. Note: the low pseudo R2 of the ordered probit regression concerning the triglyceride/HDL ratio indicates that the model has some limits in predicting the outcome.