Table 3 Prognostic factors and their independent associations with biochemical failure in prostate tissue in 535 prostate cancer patients (multivariate analyses; stratified Cox regression with backward conditional model).

From: High miR-205 expression in normal epithelium is associated with biochemical failure - an argument for epithelial crosstalk in prostate cancer?

Characteristics

Patients

Biochemical failure

ISUP Grade 1–2

ISUP Grade 3–5

(n)

(%)

HR (95% CI)

p

HR (95% CI)

p

pT-stage

   

NS

 

<0.001

pT2

374

70

  

1

 

pT3a

114

21

  

2.78 (1.47–5.25)

 

pT3b

47

9

  

4.99 (2.66–9.35)

 

Preop PSA

   

NS

 

NS

PSA < 10

308

57

    

PSA > 10

221

42

    

Missing

6

1

    

Positive surgical margin

   

NS

 

NS

No

249

47

    

Yes

286

53

    

Tumor size

   

NS

 

NS

0–20 mm

250

47

    

>20 mm

285

53

    

Perineural infiltration

   

0.003

 

NS

No

250

47

1

   

Yes

285

53

1.93 (1.25–2.97)

   

Lymphovascular infiltration

   

NS

 

NS

No

492

92

    

Yes

43

8

    

miR-205 in epithelium

   

0.001

 

NS

Low expression

220

41

1

   

High expression

245

46

2.07 (1.37–3.15)

   

Missing

70

13

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  1. Abbreviations: HR = hazard ratio; NS = not significant and removed by backward model before last step of analyses.