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

Table 4.

The risk of all-cause mortality in patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer, in stage III disease, advanced disease or small-cell lung cancer estimated by crude and adjusted Cox regression models with RRs expressed as HRs

Early-stage NSCLC (N=1828)
Stage III disease (N=2771)
Advanced disease or SCLC (N=10 039)
Crude
Adjusted
%* Crude
Adjusted
%* Crude
Adjusted
%*
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI
Socioeconomic quintile
 Q1 (affluent) 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 Q2 1.22 0.95 to 1.56 1.09 0.85 to 1.40 1.16 1.00 to 1.34 1.20 1.03 to 1.39 1.16 1.08 to 1.25 1.17 1.08 to 1.26
 Q3 1.25 0.98 to 1.60 1.18 0.93 to 1.51 1.15 0.99 to 1.33 1.14 0.99 to 1.32 1.16 1.08 to 1.25 1.13 1.05 to 1.22
 Q4 1.19 0.94 to 1.50 1.15 0.91 to 1.46 1.14 0.99 to 1.30 1.15 1.00 to 1.32 1.15 1.07 to 1.23 1.16 1.08 to 1.25
 Q5 (deprived) 1.35 1.07 to 1.70 1.24 0.98 to 1.56 1.15 1.01 to 1.32 1.16 1.01 to 1.34 1.15 1.08 to 1.24 1.12 1.05 to 1.20
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 4.18 0.04 2.56 0.11 2.38 0.12 0.14 0.70 9.35 <0.01 1.92 0.17
Sex
 Male 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 Female 0.84 0.74 to 0.96 0.85 0.75 to 0.97 0.97 0.89 to 1.06 0.95 0.87 to 1.03 0.95 0.91 to 0.99 0.92 0.88 to 0.96
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 6.57 0.01 7.13 <0.01 0.49 0.48 3.46 0.06 5.34 0.02 12.6 <0.01
Age at diagnosis
 0–59 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 5.8% 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 34.6% 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 13.9%
 60–69 1.41 1.11 to 1.80 1.25 0.98 to 1.59 1.15 1.01 to 1.32 1.09 0.95 to 1.25 1.14 1.07 to 1.22 1.07 1.00 to 1.14
 70–79 2.05 1.64 to 2.58 1.54 1.22 to 1.95 1.51 1.33 to 1.72 1.29 1.12 to 1.47 1.42 1.33 to 1.51 1.15 1.08 to 1.22
 80+ 3.61 2.85 to 4.58 1.78 1.39 to 2.28 2.17 1.89 to 2.49 1.47 1.26 to 1.70 1.82 1.71 to 1.95 1.16 1.08 to 1.25
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 101.1 <0.01 16.0 <0.01 92.8 <0.01 19.0 <0.01 245.3 <0.01 13.6 <0.01
Charlson Score 7.3% 17.4% 11.0%
 0 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
 1 1.10 0.93 to 1.30 0.98 0.82 to 1.16 1.10 1.00 to 1.22 1.03 0.92 to 1.14 1.08 1.02 to 1.13 0.99 0.94 to 1.05
 2+ 1.35 1.15 to 1.59 1.03 0.87 to 1.23 1.32 1.19 to 1.47 1.09 0.97 to 1.22 1.22 1.16 to 1.29 1.00 0.95 to 1.06
 Test for trend (χ2, p value) 13.5 <0.01 0.04 0.84 30.9 <0.01 3.05 0.08 58.6 <0.01 0.17 0.90
Resection 0.19 0.16 to 0.22 0.21 0.18 to 0.25 42.3%
 Test (χ2, p value) 557.2 <0.01 422.3 <0.01
Radiotherapy 0.78 0.72 to 0.85 0.81 0.73 to 088 12.9% 0.71 0.67 to 0.74 0.73 0.70 to 0.76 1.2%
 Test (χ2, p value) 34.1 <0.01 22.4 <0.01 236.8 <0.01 205.3 <0.01
Chemotherapy 0.48 0.44 to 0.52 0.54 0.49 to 0.59 18.0% 0.42 0.40 to 0.44 0.44 0.42 to 0.46 23.4%
 Test (χ2, p value) 301.7 <0.01 179.6 <0.01 1564.7 <0.01 179.6 <0.01
*

The relative contribution for each covariate in each subgroup was calculated as follows: ((HR for SESQ5 in a model adjusted for sex − HR for SESQ5 in a model adjusted for sex + covariate)/(HR for SESQ5 in a model adjusted for sex − 1))×100.