The Value of Preoperative Alpha-L-Fucosidase Levels in Evaluation of Malignancy and Differential Diagnosis of Urothelial Neoplasms

Table 3

Univariate analysis of preoperative variables prognostic for pure UC, UCSD, and SqCC.

Variables	UC versus papilloma and PUNLMP		Pure UC versus UCSD		Pure UC versus SqCC
	HR (95% CI)		HR (95% CI)		HR (95% CI)
Sex	0.982 (0.531∼1.813)	0.953	0.601 (0.148∼2.440)	0.476	0.172 (0.049∼0.597)	0.006
Hematuria	2.640 (1.554∼4.485)	0.000	3.740 (0.989∼14.140)	0.052	3.591 (1.078∼11.963)	0.037
Tumor size	4.593 (2.395∼8.808)	0.000	3.302 (0.679∼16.046)	0.139	1.651 (0.477∼5.708)	0.428
WBC	1.120 (0.666∼1.883)	0.670	1.315 (0.349∼4.952)	0.686	4.733 (1.013∼22.120)	0.048
LDH	1.395 (0.827∼2.354)	0.212	2.170 (0.537∼8.770)	0.277	1.106 (0.333∼3. 670)	0.869
AFU level (>13.59 versus ≤ 13.59)	1.413 (0.838∼2.381)	0.195	1.281 (0.340∼4.827)	0.715	1.334 (0.402∼4.430)	0.638
AFU level (>11.50 versus ≤ 11.50)	1.031 (0.530∼2.005)	0.928	3.362 (0.886∼12.748)	0.075	2.401 (0.689∼8.363)	0.169
AFU level (>15.67 versus ≤ 15.67)	1.192 (0.691∼2.058)	0.527	1.249 (0.309∼5.052)	0.755	6.246 (0.793∼49.167)	0.082

Bold values are statistically significant ().HR: hazard ratio; 95% CI 95% confidence interval.