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. 2022 Aug 17;34(11):2857–2863. doi: 10.1007/s40520-022-02213-w

Table 2.

Clinical factors predicting prostate cancer (PCa) progression in 901 patients treated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Number of cases (%) No PCa progression PCa progression Univariable analysis Multivariable analysis
742 (82.4) 159 (17.6) HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value
Age < 70 years 544 (73.3) 114 (71.7) Ref Ref
Age ≥ 70 years 198 (26.7) 45 (28.3) 1.276 (0.901–1.806) 0.178 1.230 (0.861–1.757) 0.256
Body mass index; BMI (kg/m^2) 25.8 (23.9–28.1) 25.6 (24–28) 0.991 (0.942–1.043) 0.730 0.976 (0,929–1,026) 0.336
ASA 1 59 (8.0) 18 (11.3) Ref Ref
ASA 2 615 (82.9) 128 (80.5) 0.671 (0.418–1.077) 0.098 0.920 (0.566–1.495) 0.737
ASA 3 68 (9.2) 13 (8.2) 0.762 (0.379–1.532) 0.445 0.782 (0.384–1.591) 0.497
PV 40 (30–50) 39 (30–50) 1.003 (0.994–1.012) 0.550 1.003 (0.993–1.013) 0.583
PSA < 10 ng/mL 631 (85) 100 (62.9) Ref Ref
PSA: 10–20 ng/mL 92 (12.4) 40 (25.2) 2.524 (1.746–3.650)  < 0.0001 1.935 (1.301–2.879)  < 0.0001
PSA > 20 ng/mL 19 (2.6) 19 (11.9) 4.291 (2.620–7.030)  < 0.0001 2.420 (1.397–4.192) 0.002
BPC < 50% 572 (77.1) 96 (60.4) Ref Ref
BPC ≥ 50% 170 (22.9) 63 (39.6) 2.225 (1.616–3.062)  < 0.0001 1.654 (1.164–2.353) 0.005
ISUP 1 300 (40.4) 43 (27) Ref Ref
ISUP 2/3 366 (49.3) 80 (50.3) 2.653 (1.823–3.863)  < 0.0001 2.473 (1.685–3.630)  < 0.0001
ISUP 4/5 76 (10.2) 36 (22.6) 4.447 (2.843–6.954)  < 0.0001 2.480 (1.516–4.056)  < 0.0001
cT1 456 (61.5) 86 (54.1) Ref Ref
cT2/3 286 (38.5) 73 (45.9) 1.902 (1.389–2.605)  < 0.0001 1.522 (1.098–2.110) 0.012
cN0 708 (95.4) 143 (89.9) Ref Ref
cN1 34 (4.6) 16 (10.1) 3.300 (1.959–5.559)  < 0.0001 2.183 (1.257–3.794) 0.006

see Table 1; HR Hazard ratio, CI confidence interval