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. 2024 Mar 4;14:1323192. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1323192

Table 4.

Association between serum albumin levels and cancer mortality in specific cancer types.

Groups N Cancer mortality (Per 1g/dL albumin decrease)
Crude
HR (95% CI)
P
for trend
Adjusted
HR (95% CI)
P
for trend
Skin (non-melanoma) 694 2.97 (1.89, 4.69) < 0.01 2.50 (1.51, 4.13) < 0.01
Prostate 667 1.95 (1.33, 2.86) < 0.01 1.35 (1.12, 2.04) < 0.01
Breast 643 2.65 (1.72, 4.09) < 0.01 1.96 (1.22, 3.08) < 0.01
Skin (others) 344 2.33 (1.29, 4.20) < 0.01 2.40 (1.24, 4.64) < 0.01
Colon 273 2.43 (1.53, 3.87) < 0.01 1.80 (1.04, 3.12) < 0.01
Melanoma 263 5.26 (3.03, 8.92) < 0.01 2.63 (1.37, 5.07) < 0.01
Lung 102 3.57 (1.72, 7.35) < 0.01 3.45 (1.38, 8.69) < 0.01

Crude model: adjusted for none. Adjusted model: adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, BMI, smoking, drinking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, anemia, CVD. HR, Hazard ratio and CI, confidence interval.