Table 3. Cox proportional survival analyses of South Texas childhood cancer patients.

Covariates	Univariate Analysis		Multivariable adjusted Analysisa
	HR (95%CI)	P	HR (95%CI)	P
Gender (male vs. female)	1.12 (1.01 to 1.25)	0.04	1.13 (1.01 to 1.26)	0.03
Age at diagnosis (years)
< 1 vs. 1–4	1.68 (1.35 to 2.08)	<0.0001	1.69 (1.36 to 2.09)	< .0001
5–9 vs. 1–4	1.16 (0.97 to 1.39)	0.10	1.16 (0.97 to 1.38)	0.10
10–14 vs. 1–4	1.41 (1.19 to 1.67)	<0.0001	1.42 (1.20 to 1.68)	<0.0001
15–19 vs. 1–4	1.38 (1.18 to 1.61)	<0.0001	1.40 (1.20 to 1.64)	<0.0001
Race/ethnicity
Hispanics vs. NHW	1.37 (1.18 to 1.58)	<0.0001	1.38 (1.19 to 1.60)	0.0002
Others vs. NHW	1.23 (0.91 to 1.67)	0.18	1.23 (0.91 to 1.67)	0.27
Residence (rural vs. urban)	1.05 (0.89 to 0.24)	0.58	1.03 (0.87 to 1.21)	0.77

^a The results were generated with the adjustment of gender, race/ethnicity, urban/rural residence, and diagnosis age.