Research Article
High Apelin Level Indicates a Poor Prognostic Factor in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Table 1
Relationships of apelin and clinicopathological characteristics in 120 patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
| Feature | All | Apelin expression | | | Low | High | | |
| Age (years) | | | | 1.406 | 0.236 | <65 | 67 | 27 | 45 | | | ≥65 | 53 | 13 | 35 | | | Gender | | | | 0.677 | 0.410 | Male | 64 | 24 | 40 | | | Female | 56 | 17 | 39 | | | Tumor stage | | | | 5.419 | 0.020 | T2 | 40 | 19 | 21 | | | T3/T4 | 80 | 21 | 59 | | | Tumor grade | | | | 0.944 | 0.331 | Low | 38 | 15 | 23 | | | High | 82 | 25 | 57 | | | Lymph node metastasis | | | | 0.957 | 0.328 | Yes | 37 | 10 | 27 | | | No | 83 | 30 | 53 | | | Recurrence | | | | 1.678 | 0.195 | Yes | 55 | 15 | 40 | | | No | 65 | 25 | 40 | | | Distant metastasis | | | | 5.625 | 0.018 | Yes | 48 | 10 | 38 | | | No | 72 | 30 | 42 | | | Vascular invasion | | | | 4.344 | 0.037 | Yes | 52 | 12 | 40 | | | No | 68 | 28 | 40 | | |
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