Table 2.

Univariate and Multivariate Cox regression analysis of overall mortality in patients with malignancies prior to diagnosis of CRC. HR: hazard ratio; aHR: adjusted hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
	HR	95% CI, p-value	aHR	95% CI, p-value
Overall	1.22	1.21–1.23, p < 0.001	1.19	1.10–1.27, p < 0.001
Stage 1	1.51	1.48–1.53, p < 0.001	1.27	0.93–1.75, p = 0/137
Stage 2	1.43	1.41–1.45, p < 0.001	1.23	1.02–1.47, p = 0.026
Stage 3	1.31	1.29–1.33, p < 0.001	1.28	1.12–1.46, p < 0.001
Stage 4	1.05	1.03–1.06, p < 0.001	1.20	1.08–1.33, p = 0.001