Table 1 Clinicopathologic Patient Characteristics at Surgery
Characteristic n (%)
Patients 226 (100)
White ethnicity 217 (96)
Age (years)
Median 70
Range 43-89
Gender
Female 59 (23)
Male 167 (77)
Comorbidity
Preoperative chronic hypertensiona 90 (40)
Diabetes 18 (8)
Preoperative hydronephrosis 27 (12)
Preoperative loss of a renal unit 9 (4)
Perioperative platinum-based
chemotherapy
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 24 (10)
Adjuvant chemotherapy 41 (18)
Preoperative eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2
)
Median 65
Range 17-139
Patients with eGFR
> 90 mL/min/1.73 m2
43 (19)
Patients with eGFR > 60 but
< 45 mL/min/1.73 m2
92 (41)
Patients with eGFR > 45 but
< 60 mL/min/1.73 m2
76 (34)
Patients with eGFR > 30 but
< 45 mL/min/1.73 m2
15 (7)
ASA class
I 43 (19)
II 131 (58)
III 54 (24)
ECOG performance status
0 186 (82)
1 34 (15)
2 6 (3)
Pathologic stage
pT1 50 (22)
pT2 126 (56)
pT3 45 (20)
pT4 5 (2)
pNþ 39 (17)
Abbreviations: ASA ¼ American Society of Anesthesiologists; ECOG ¼ Eastern Cooperative
Oncology Group; eGFR ¼ estimated glomerular filtration rate. a
Chronic hypertension (patients requiring 1 antihypertensive drug).