Table 3. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for overall survival in female patients diagnosed with lung cancer 1998–2003, South East England. Adjusted sequentially for age, socioeconomic deprivation, stage of disease and treatment.
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Adjusted for age
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Adjusted for socioeconomic deprivation
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Adjusted for stage
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Adjusted for treatment
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| HR | (95% CI) | P-value | HR | (95% CI) | P-value | HR | (95% CI) | P-value | HR | (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Ethnic group | ||||||||||||
| White | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| South Asian | 0.76 | (0.61, 0.95) | 0.017 | 0.76 | (0.15, 0.67) | 0.017 | 0.78 | (0.63, 0.97) | 0.029 | 0.73 | (0.59, 0.91) | 0.006 |
| Black | 0.89 | (0.73, 1.10) | 0.278 | 0.87 | (0.71, 1.08) | 0.204 | 0.82 | (0.67, 1.01) | 0.056 | 0.74 | (0.60, 0.91) | 0.004 |
| Test for heterogeneity: | ||||||||||||
| χ2-test (2 d.f.) | 6.8 | P=0.0333 | 7.3 | P=0.0265 | 8.3 | P=0.0155 | 15.8 | P=0.0004 | ||||
| Socioeconomic deprivation group | ||||||||||||
| 1 (Most affluent) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1.05 | (1.00, 1.11) | 0.068 | 1.03 | (0.98, 1.09) | 0.261 | 1.01 | (0.95, 1.07) | 0.771 | |||
| 3 | 1.10 | (1.04, 1.16) | <0.001 | 1.08 | (1.02, 1.14) | 0.005 | 1.06 | (1.00, 1.12) | 0.042 | |||
| 4 | 1.13 | (1.08, 1.20) | <0.001 | 1.10 | (1.05, 1.16) | <0.001 | 1.06 | (1.00, 1.12) | 0.034 | |||
| 5 (Most deprived) | 1.11 | (1.06, 1.17) | <0.001 | 1.06 | (1.01, 1.12) | 0.021 | 1.04 | (0.99, 1.10) | 0.142 | |||
| Test for trend: | ||||||||||||
| χ2-test (1 d.f.) | 21.2 | P<0.0001 | 8.3 | P=0.0039 | 3.8 | P=0.0506 | ||||||
| Treatment | ||||||||||||
| Cancer surgery | 0.22 | (0.21, 0.24) | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Radiotherapy | 0.73 | (0.71, 0.76) | <0.001 | |||||||||
| Chemotherapy | 0.68 | (0.65, 0.71) | <0.001 | |||||||||
Abbreviation: d.f.=degree of freedom.
The italicised figures are the P-values associated with the hazard ratios.