Table 1 Characteristics of all patients and those with a smoking history according to UTUC recurrence after TURBT.
Characteristics | UTUC recurrence in all Pts | UTUC recurrence in Pts with a smoking history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | P value | No | Yes | P value | |
Age | 0.548 | 0.519 | ||||
Younger than 70 years | 587 | 20 | 360 | 13 | ||
70 years or older | 560 | 23 | 301 | 14 | ||
Sex | 0.831 | 0.878 | ||||
Male | 948 | 35 | 617 | 25 | ||
Female | 199 | 8 | 44 | 2 | ||
Smoking history | 0.501 | |||||
Positive | 661 | 27 | ||||
Negative | 486 | 16 | ||||
Grade | 0.462 | 0.561 | ||||
G1–2 | 704 | 24 | 404 | 15 | ||
G3 | 443 | 19 | 257 | 12 | ||
Pathological T stage | 0.780 | 0.812 | ||||
Ta | 777 | 30 | 455 | 18 | ||
T1 | 370 | 13 | 206 | 9 | ||
Multiple | 0.258 | 0.856 | ||||
Yes | 566 | 25 | 331 | 14 | ||
No | 581 | 18 | 330 | 13 | ||
Concomitant CIS | 0.197 | 0.007 | ||||
Yes | 138 | 8 | 65 | 7 | ||
No | 1009 | 35 | 596 | 20 | ||
Intravesical chemotherapy | 0.140 | 0.098 | ||||
Yes | 100 | 1 | 61 | 0 | ||
No | 1047 | 42 | 600 | 27 | ||
Urinary pH level | 0.056 | 0.003 | ||||
Less than 6 | 577 | 28 | 348 | 22 | ||
6 or more | 570 | 15 | 313 | 5 | ||
BCG | 0.029 | 0.386 | ||||
Yes | 595 | 15 | 350 | 12 | ||
No | 552 | 28 | 311 | 15 | ||
