Research Article

Clinical Significance of Survivin Expression in Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of DFS and OS of 56 patients with UCB.

VariablesHR95% CIP value

Disease-free survival (DFS)
 Age (≥65 versus <65 years)1.7 0.6–4.80.29
 Tumor stage (MI versus NMI)a1.6 0.6–4.40.38
 Tumor grade (G2-3 versus G1)1.5 0.5–9.80.49
 Survivin expression (high versus low)3.2 0.4–24.50.26
Overall survival (OS)
 Age (≥65 versus <65 years)1.8 0.8–17.60.08
 Tumor stage (MI versus NMI)a2.9 0.8–9.90.10
 Tumor grade (G2-3 versus G1)2.1 0.6–10.10.46
 Survivin expression (high versus low)12.3 1.5–98.40.02

MI: muscle-invasive; NMI: non-muscle-invasive.