Improvement in early urinary continence recovery after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy based on postoperative pelvic anatomic features: a retrospective review

Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis results for clinical characteristics, Perioperative parameters, and MRI measurements predicting the early urinary complete continence at 3 months after RARP

Clinical characteristics	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Clinical characteristics	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Age	0.924	0.841, 1.014	0.096	1.007	0.885, 1.146	0.912
BMI	1.110	0.932, 1.323	0.242	1.018	0.803, 1.290	0.884
Clinical T stage (cT1, cT2, cT3)	1.525	0.547, 4.248	0.420	2.354	0.469, 11.806	0.298
Biopsy Gleason’s score (≦6, 7, 8≦)	0.813	0.456, 1.449	0.483	0.741	0.289, 1.904	0.534
Perioperative parameters
Prostate volume	1.003	0.983, 1.023	0.783	0.996	0.965, 1.028	0.807
Catheter removal period	0.843	0.451, 1.576	0.593	1.001	0.510, 1.963	0.999
Postoperative hospital stay	0.955	0.767, 1.191	0.685	0.870	0.654, 1.156	0.335
Pathological T stage (pT2, pT3)	0.589	0.178, 1.950	0.386	0.783	0.147, 4.153	0.773
Pathological Gleason’s score (≦6, 7, 8≦)	0.600	0.314, 1.144	0.121	0.495	0.179, 1.368	0.175
MRI measurements
MUL	1.184	1.031, 1.359	0.017	1.227	1.011, 1.489	0.038*
BNW	1.617	1.181, 2.213	0.003	1.585	1.050, 2.393	0.028*
LMW	1.446	0.817, 2.561	0.205	1.087	0.486, 2.433	0.840

Abbreviations: OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, BMI Body mass index, BNW Bladder neck width on the trigone side, LMW Levator muscle width, MUL Membranous urethral length
*On the multivariate analysis, MUL and BNW were associated with the period of early complete urinary continence

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