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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Feb;6(2):365–371. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181fff142

TABLE 3.

Association Between Demographics, Treatment Characteristics, and Overall Survival (Multivariate Analysis)

Characteristic HR (95% CI) for Death Overall P Value

Age 0.14
 < 65 y Reference
 ≥ 65 y 0.82(0.63–1.07)

Gender 0.03
 Male Reference
 Female 0.75(0.57–0.97)

Race/ethnicity 0.25
 Non-Hispanic white Reference
 Other 0.87(0.70–1.10)

Insurance type 0.46
 Private insurance Reference
 No insurance 1.17(0.85–1.60)
 Medicaid 1.38(0.83–2.30)
 Medicare 1.40(0.93–2.09)
 VA 1.13(0.82–1.55)

Number of cycles of first-line chemotherapy <0.001
 1–3 3.16(2.52–3.96)
 ≥4 Reference

Pre-chemotherapy palliative radiation therapy 0.13
 Yes 0.83(0.65–1.05)
 No Reference

Receipt of second-line chemotherapy <0.001
 Yes 0.46(0.37–0.58)
 No Reference

CI, Confidence Interval