Research Article

A 5-lncRNA Signature Associated with Smoking Predicts the Overall Survival of Patients with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Table 3

Correlations between the risk score of the 5-lncRNA signature and clinicopathological characteristics.

VariableLow-risk group ()High-risk group ()Pearson value

Age of diagnosis1.5980.450
 ≤654846
 >657577
AJCC T stage9.3150.009
 T24525
 T3+T46788
Lymphonodus status4.0190.045
 Negative8267
 Positive3246
Tumor subtype4.4230.110
 Nonpapillary7688
 Papillary4631
Pathological stage4.0580.105
 Stage II+stageIII9176
 Stage IV3247
Histological grade16.787<0.001
 Low grade181
 High grade105122
Family history0.6410.726
 Yes4043
 No8380
Smoking statusa1.112
 Nonsmoker and smoker for ≤15 years5354
 Smoker for >15 years3630

Statistical significant results (in bold).