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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2021 Dec 23;35(6):825–835. doi: 10.1038/s41379-021-00990-9

Table 2.

Univariate Cox proportional hazards regression to determine factors associated with progression-free survival and cancer-specific survival.

Progression-Free Survival Cancer-Specific Survival
Predictor Hazard Ratio 95% CI p-value Hazard Ratio 95% CI p-value
Age at Nephrectomy 1.07 1.01, 1.13 0.022 1.10 1.02, 1.18 0.013
Tumor Size ≤ 7 cm Ref. . . Ref. . .
  > 7 cm 5.19 1.73, 15.5 0.003 8.29 2.40, 28.7 0.001
Pathologic Stage pT1 Ref. . . Ref. . .
    pT2 3.30 0.68, 15.9 0.14 6.89 1.15, 41.3 0.034
    pT3 6.45 2.05, 20.3 0.001 14.1 3.36, 58.9 0.0003
Presence of Type 2 Morphology 2.00 0.67, 5.98 0.2 1.64 0.46, 5.81 0.4
Type 2 Morphology (%) (per 10% increase) 1.01 1.00, 1.03 0.084 1.01 1.00, 1.03 0.15
Nuclear Pseudostratification (%) 1.00 0.99, 1.02 0.8 1.00 0.98, 1.02 1
Abundant Eosinophilic and/or Amphophilic Cytoplasm (%) 1.01 1.00, 1.03 0.084 1.02 1.00, 1.04 0.064
Mitotic Rate (/10 HPF) 1.38 1.20, 1.59 <0.0001 1.33 1.21, 1.47 <0.0001
Necrosis (%) 1.01 0.99, 1.03 0.2 1.02 1.00, 1.04 0.12
Sarcomatoid Differentiation (%) 1.08 1.04, 1.12 <0.0001 1.10 1.05, 1.15 <0.0001
Sheet-like Architecture (%) 1.09 1.02, 1.16 0.015 1.10 1.03, 1.18 0.005
LVI 118 31, 445 <0.0001 114 28, 472 <0.0001
Highest WHO/ISUP
Grade 1–2
Ref. . . Ref. . .
Grade 3–4 1.81 0.63, 5.21 0.3 1.33 0.39, 4.60 0.7
Predominant WHO/ISUP
Grade 1–2
Ref. . . Ref. . .
Grade 3 4.34 1.36, 13.9 0.013 4.48 1.16, 17.3 0.030
Highest Fuhrman Nuclear
Grade 1–2
Ref. . . Ref. . .
Grade 3–4 2.43 0.84, 7.02 0.10 3.16 0.91, 10.9 0.069
Predominant Fuhrman Nuclear
Grade 1–2
Ref. . . Ref. . .
Grade 3 7.13 1.59, 31.9 0.010 9.49 2.01, 44.8 0.004
Capsular Invasion 3.30 1.03, 10.5 0.044 3.06 0.79, 11.8 0.11
Circumscription (%) 0.98 0.96, 0.99 0.003 0.97 0.95, 0.99 0.0002
Tumor Siderophages (%) 1.02 0.98, 1.05 0.4 0.94 0.83, 1.06 0.3
Fibrosis (%) 1.02 0.98, 1.05 0.4 1.03 1.00, 1.06 0.092
Macrophage (%) 0.97 0.94, 1.00 0.058 0.91 0.84, 0.99 0.029