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Table 1 Association between different patient and cancer-specific variables with the pre-operative CRP value

From: Preoperative serum C- reactive protein: a prognostic marker in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

Variable

CRP ≤5 mg/l, n (%)

CRP >5 mg/l, n (%)

p-value

Test

Age, mean [years] ±SD

62.8 (±12.2)

67.3 (±11.8)

0.054

t-test

BMI, mean [kg/m2] ±SD

25.7 (±3.8)

25.4 (±4.2)

0.67

t-test

Sex

  

0.67

Fisher

  female

11 (25.0)

21 (29.6)

  

  male

33 (75.0)

50 (70.4)

  

Location

  

0.71

Fisher

  renal pelvis

42 (95.5)

65 (92.9)

  

  ureter

2 (4.5)

5 (7.1)

  

Stage

   

Fisher

  superficial (pT<2)

28 (63.6)

15 (21.1)

<0.001

 

  invasive (≥pT2)

16 (36.4)

56 (78.9)

  

Metastasis 1

  

0.001

Fisher

  N / M -

41 (93.2)

48 (67.6)

  

  N / M +

3 (6.8)

23 (32.4)

  

Grade

  

<0.001

chi-square

  G1

12 (27.3)

7 (9.9)

  

  G2

24 (54.5)

18 (25.4)

  

  G3

8 (18.2)

46 (64.8)

  
  1. 1 at time of surgery.