Table 2 Multivariate survival analysis of pretreatment clinical factors

From: Prognostic factors in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: metastasectomy as independent prognostic variable

Risk factors

Categories compared

P -value

Risk ratio

95% CI

Grade

G1/G2 vs G3/G4

0.003

3.923

1.608–9.573

CRP

<0.8 vs ⩾0.8 mg dl−1

0.034

2.721

1.080–6.858

Metastasectomy

Yes vs no

0.010

0.297

0.118–0.749

LDH

<300 vs >300 U l−1

0.035

3.037

1.080–8.540

  1. CI=confidence interval; CRP=C-reactive protein; LDH=lactate dehydrogenase.
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