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Table III.

Proportional excess hazards model: Tests for non-significant effects and 50 simulation-based tests for proportionality of the relative excess risk

Covariate	exp(β) (relative risk)	SE(β)	95 Per cent CI for relative risk	p-Value
Test for non-significant effects
CHF	3.158	0.130	(2.436-4.056)	<0.001
Age	1.046	0.005	(1.035-1.057)	<0.001
Sex (female=1)	1.689	0.117	(1.342-2.125)	<0.001
Diabetes	1.998	0.120	(1.579-2.529)	<0.001
VF	2.718	0.131	(2.109-3.522)	<0.001

Covariate j	Test-statistics sup_t \|U_j(t)\|	p-Value
Test for proportionality of the excess hazard
CHF	12.7	0.418
Agec	163.0	0.826
Sex (female=1)	22.1	0.176
Diabetes	19.4	0.086
VF	29.2	0.002