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Table 2 Effect of early post-operative plasma albumin level on recurrence-free survival and overall survival in multivariate Cox regression analyses adjusted by gender, age, body mass index (BMI), tumor stage and some other laboratory indexes

From: Early post-operative serum albumin level predicts survival after curative nephrectomy for kidney cancer: a retrospective study

 

Recurrence-free survival

Overall survival

HR

95% CI

P

HR

95% CI

P

Age

0.99

0.95–1.03

0.573

1.00

0.96–1.04

0.980

BMI

0.99

0.88–1.12

0.892

0.97

0.85–1.11

0.684

Stage

1.51

1.03–2.21

0.034*

1.40

0.90-2.17

0.136

Preoperative

 Alb

0.99

0.86–1.13

0.866

0.99

0.83–1.18

0.906

 Glb

1.09

0.99–1.19

0.055

1.08

0.99–1.19

0.094

 Hgb

1.01

0.98–1.05

0.420

1.00

0.96–1.05

0.816

Post-operative

 Alb < 32 g/L

3.60

1.05–12.42

0.042*

9.95

1.81-54.80

0.008*

 Hgb

1.00

0.97-1.04

0.966

1.02

0.98–1.06

0.418

  1. *Significant
  2. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, Alb albumin, Glb globulin, Hgb hemoglobin