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Table 2 Relative risk of overall death within 5 years according to clinicopathological factors and expression of PODXL and RBM3

From: Podocalyxin-like and RNA-binding motif protein 3 are prognostic biomarkers in urothelial bladder cancer: a validatory study

 

n (events)

Univariable

P-value

Multivariable

P-value

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

Entire cohort

 Agea

  Continuous

258 (79)

1.04 (1.01–1.07)

0.010

0.96 (0.59–1.57)

0.875

 Sexa

  Female

79 (23)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Male

179 (56)

1.06 (0.65–1.72)

0.827

1.03 (1.00–1.06)

0.078

 Gradea

  Low

129 (20)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  High

129 (59)

3.86 (2.32–6.42)

<0.001

1.61 (0.82–3.18)

0.165

 Stagea

  Ta

113 (16)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  T1

81 (21)

2.20 (1.14–4.21)

0.018

1.69 (0.81–3.56)

0.165

  T2–T4

64 (42)

8.20 (4.58–14.66)

<0.001

4.85 (2.23–10.55)

<0.001

 PODXL expression

  Non-membranous

235 (66)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Membranous

27 (16)

3.28 (1.89–5.69)

<0.001

1.49 (0.83–2.68)

0.181

 RBM3 expression

  High

155 (29)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Low

104 (50)

3.19 (2.02–5.04)

<0.001

1.85 (1.11–3.09)

0.018

T1 disease

 Agea

  Continuous

81 (21)

1.01 (0.96–1.07)

0.604

1.08 (1.00–1.17)

0.066

 Sexa

  Female

21 (6)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Male

60 (15)

1.05 (0.41–2.72)

0.914

0.93 (0.36–2.42)

0.884

 Gradea

  Low

28 (4)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  High

53 (17)

2.17 (0.73–6.47)

0.163

1.63 (0.50–6.84)

0.412

 PODXL expression

  Non-membranous

73 (18)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Membranous

10 (5)

2.83 (1.04–7.72)

0.042

2.60 (0.91–7.39)

0.073

 RBM3 expression

  High

53 (9)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Low

28 (12)

2.64 (1.11–6.27)

0.028

2.63 (1.01–6.84)

0.047

T2–T4 disease

 Agea

  Continuous

64 (42)

1.00 (0.96–1.04)

0.935

1.08 (1.00–1.17)

0.066

 Sexa

  Female

18 (12)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Male

46 (30)

0.77 (0.39–1.52)

0.453

0.93 (0.36–2.42)

0.884

 Gradea

  Low

4 (2)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  High

60 (40)

1.79 (0.43–7.44)

0.424

1.63 (0.51–5.25)

0.412

 PODXL expression

  Non-membranous

47 (31)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Membranous

17 (11)

1.16 (0.54–2.31)

0.669

1.08 (0.53–2.20)

0.832

 RBM3 expression

  High

18 (9)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Low

46 (33)

2.01 (0.95–4.23)

0.066

2.22 (0.94–5.28)

0.071

  1. aCases included in the univariable analysis of clinicopathological factors were those that had information on both PODXL and RBM3 expression