The relationship between biochemical recurrence and number of lymph nodes removed during surgery for localized prostate cancer

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of lymph node yield as a continuous variable for men with high risk of LNI ≥5%

n = 1045	HR	95% CI	P value
Number of nodes taken	0.97	0.95-1.0	0.05
PSA	1.01	1.00-1.02	0.002
RP ECE	1.77	1.35–2.34	< 0.001
Margin status	1.27	1.03–1.57	0.03
RP ISUP score
1 (ref)
2 3 4 5	0.43 0.75 1.54 1.40	0.28–0.65 0.49–1.16 0.96–2.46 0.90–2.17	< 0.001 0.20 0.07 0.14
LN Positive	1.42	0.98–2.05	0.07

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