Could Metabolic Syndrome Be a Predictor of Survival Outcomes in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma? A Propensity Score Matching Study in a Large Chinese Center.

Front Oncol · 2022 · PMC9204272 · PMID 35719953

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approaching significanceP=0.063so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Multivariate Cox regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier curves demonstrated that MetS showed no statistical correlation with lower OS or IVRFS and approaching significance with lower CSS (P=0.063) before PSM.

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of marginal significanceno p-value reported

However, it is worth noting that there presented a correlation which was of marginal significance between MetS and lower CSS in both multivariate Cox regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, indicating that MetS may be associated with increased risk of UTUC.

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