Table 2 Uni- and Multi-variable Cox-regression analyses on recurrence free survival.

From: Accurate Risk Assessment of Patients with Pathologic T3aN0M0 Renal Cell Carcinoma

Variables

HR (95% CI)

p-value

HR (95%CI)

p value

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Age

1.005 (0.984–1.027)

0.650

  

Female

1.905 (1.131–3.207)

0.015

2.222 (1.291–3.825)

0.003

Body mass index

0.929 (0.851–1.015)

0.101

  

ECOG performance status

2.326 (0.937–6.463)

0.105

  

Tumor diameter

1.163 (1.103–1.227)

<0.001

1.107 (1.047–1.170)

<0.001

Surgical methods (RN vs PN)

0.634 (0.273–1.474)

0.290

  

Surgical margin positive

0.955 (0.475–1.919)

0.897

  

Histologic type (clear cell vs.)

1.272 (0.700–2.313)

0.430

  

Fuhrman grade (1–2 vs 3–4)

1.624 (0.859–3.072)

0.136

  

Extra-renal fat invasion

5.154 (4.264–6.230)

<0.001

  

Renal venous invasion

6.175 (5.050–7.550)

<0.001

  

pT3a factor (2 vs 1)

2.254 (1.319–3.850)

0.003

1.961 (1.059–3.632)

0.032

Capsular invasion

1.099 (0.624–1.935)

0.744

  

Necrosis

3.100 (2.777–3.461)

<0.001

3.163 (1.760–5.684)

<0.001

Perineural invasion

7.681 (4.091–14.420)

<0.001

1.795 (0.487–6.624)

0.380

Angiolymphatic invasion

6.356 (5.004–8.074)

<0.001

1.923 (0.985–3.753)

0.055

Sarcomatoid differentiation

1.412 (1.305–1.529)

<0.001

1.409 (0.694–2.863)

0.343

  1. HR; hazard ratio, CI; confidence interval, ECOG; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, RN; radical nephrectomy, PN; partial nephrectomy.