Table 4 Relationship between albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio and clinical features of upper tract urothelial carcinoma patients

Sex (%)

0.108

 Male

43

15 (34.9%)

28 (65.1%)

 Female

38

20 (52.6%)

18 (47.4%)

Age (years, %)

0.145

 ≥ 70

49

18 (36.7%)

31 (63.3%)

 < 70

32

17 (53.1%)

15 (46.9%)

Body mass index (BMI, %)

0.906

 ≥ 24.0

33

14 (42.4%)

17 (57.6%)

 < 24.0

48

21 (43.8%)

27 (56.2%)

Pathological grading (%)

0.001

 Low-grade

18

1 (5.6%)

17 (94.4%)

 High-grade

63

34 (54.0%)

29 (46.0%)

Tumor type (%)

0.004

 Papillary tumor

38

10 (26.4%)

28 (73.6%)

 Invasive tumor

43

25 (58.1%)

18 (41.9%)

Clinical stages (%)

0.001

 T1

20

2 (10.0%)

18 (90.0%)

 T2

16

6 (37.5%)

10 (62.5%)