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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Jan;76(1):14–22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.062

Table 2. Univariate Cox Proportional Hazard Model-Time to Late GI/GU Grade 2+ Toxicity in Disease Group.

Comparison HR*
(95% C.I.)
Disease Group RL p-value**
Group 1 Dose Level I Dose Level II 0.84
(0.48, 1.47)
0.5459
Dose Level III 0.77
(0.43, 1.35)
0.3544
Dose Level IV 1.33
(0.79, 2.22)
0.2826
Dose Level V 1.93
(1.17, 3.18)
0.0101

Dose Level II Dose Level III 0.91
(0.52, 1.58)
0.7346
Dose Level IV 1.58
(0.96, 2.59)
0.0723
Dose Level V 2.29
(1.42, 3.71)
0.0007††

Dose Level III Dose Level IV 1.74
(1.05, 2.86)
0.0306
Dose Level V 2.52
(1.56, 4.10)
0.0002†††

Dose Level IV Dose Level V 1.46
(0.96, 2.20)
0.0761

Group 2 Dose Level I Dose Level II 0.78
(0.36, 1.69)
0.5323
Dose Level III 0.92
(0.41, 2.05)
0.8408
Dose Level IV 1.28
(0.62, 2.62)
0.5051
Dose Level V 2.04
(0.99, 4.20)
0.0526

Dose Level II Dose Level III 1.18
(0.64, 2.18)
0.6033
Dose Level IV 1.63
(0.98, 2.72)
0.0591
Dose Level V 2.61
(1.56, 4.35)
0.0002††

Dose Level III Dose Level IV 1.39
(0.80, 2.41)
0.2474
Dose Level V 2.22
(1.27, 3.87)
0.0051†††

Dose Level IV Dose Level V 1.60
(1.05, 2.43)
0.0276††††
*

Hazard ratio: A hazard ratio quantifies how much more (less) risk patients at some level have than those at the reference level (RL). A confidence interval that includes 1 indicates that no difference exists between the subgroups.

**

p-value from Chi-square test using the Cox proportional hazards model

It is statistically significant at the significance level of 0.05/4=0.012

††

It is statistically significant at the significance level of 0.05/3=0.016

†††

It is statistically significant at the significance level of 0.05/2=0.025

††††

It is statistically significant at the significance level of 0.05