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. 2012 May 30;2(3):e001048. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001048

Table 3.

The likelihood to undergo surgical resection in the subgroup of patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer, to receive radiotheraphy (stage III disease) or chemotherapy (advanced disease or small-cell lung cancer) estimated by crude and adjusted logistic regression models with ORs and 95% CI

Surgical resection in early-stage NSCLC (N=1828)
Radiotherapy in stage III disease (N=2771)
Chemotherapy in advanced or SCLC (N=10 039)
N (%) Crude
Adjusted
N (%) Crude
Adjusted
N (%) Crude
Adjusted
OR 95 %CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Eligible patients 899 (49.2) 1054 (38.0) 3661 (36.5)
Socioeconomic quintile
 Q1 (affluent) 126 (55.8) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 146 (36.2) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 Q2 156 (48.0) 0.73 0.52 to 1.03 0.74 0.51 to 1.06 179 (39.3) 1.14 0.87 to 1.51 1.16 0.88 to 1.54 555 (40.4) 0.87 0.75 to 1.01 0.90 0.77 to 1.06
 Q3 171 (48.7) 0.75 0.54 to 1.05 0.71 0.49 to 1.02 215 (39.1) 1.13 0.87 to 1.47 1.17 0.90 to 1.53 591 (37.0) 0.78 0.68 to 0.90 0.78 0.67 to 0.91
 Q4 230 (49.5) 0.78 0.56 to 1.07 0.73 0.52 to 1.03 263 (39.7) 1.16 0.90 to 1.49 1.18 0.91 to 1.53 666 (34.5) 0.83 0.72 to 0.95 0.77 0.66 to 0.89
 Q5 (deprived) 216 (46.9) 0.70 0.51 to 0.96 0.67 0.48 to 0.95 251 (35.9) 0.98 0.76 to 1.27 0.99 0.77 to 1.29 869 (35.9) 0.83 0.73 to 0.95 0.75 0.65 to 0.87
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 2.32 0.13 1.13 0.29 0.10 0.75 0.18 0.67 980 (36.0) 5.30 0.02 15.9 <0.01
Sex
 Male 475 (47.9) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 632 (37.8) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 2195 (37.7) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 Female 424 (50.7) 1.12 0.93 to 1.35 1.16 0.95 to 1.41 422 (38.3) 1.02 0.87 to 1.19 1.02 0.87 to 1.20 1466 (34.8) 0.88 0.81 to 0.96 0.90 0.82 to 0.98
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 2.28 0.13 2.63 0.11 0.07 0.80 0.85 0.36 8.76 <0.01 4.84 0.03
Age at diagnosis
 0–59 203 (71.7) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 197 (45.4) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1089 (60.4) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 60–69 320 (61.3) 0.62 0.46 to 0.85 0.65 0.48 to 0.89 303 (39.5) 0.79 0.62 to 1.00 0.81 0.64 to 1.03 1357 (49.1) 0.63 0.56 to 0.71 0.66 0.58 to 0.75
 70–79 318 (47.8) 0.36 0.27 to 0.49 0.38 0.28 to 0.52 362 (38.2) 0.74 0.59 to 0.94 0.79 0.62 to 1.00 1020 (30.9) 0.29 0.26 to 0.33 0.32 0.28 to 0.36
 80+ 58 (16.3) 0.08 0.05 to 0.11 0.08 0.05 to 0.12 192 (30.8) 0.54 0.42 to 0.69 0.56 0.43 to 0.73 195 (9.0) 0.06 0.05 to 0.08 0.07 0.06 to 0.08
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 39.0 <0.01 31.1 <0.01 17.2 <0.01 9.01 <0.01 869.4 <0.01 677.2 <0.01
Charlson Score
 0 398 (58.4) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 466 (41.5) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1960 (45.1) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 1 257 (52.8) 0.82 0.65 to 1.03 0.87 0.68 to 1.12 288 (39.0) 0.90 0.75 to 1.09 0.93 0.76 to 1.12 943 (37.0) 0.72 0.65 to 0.79 0.82 0.74 to 0.92
 2+ 215 (44.8) 0.60 0.48 to 0.76 0.78 0.60 to 1.01 216 (32.7) 0.70 0.57 to 0.85 0.75 0.61 to 0.92 616 (26.9) 0.46 0.41 to 0.51 0.61 0.54 to 0.68
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 5.12 <0.01 1.57 0.21 12.9 <0.01 8.20 <0.01 217.1 <0.01 74.3 <0.01