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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2012 Jul 1;3(3):196–204. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.02.003

Table 6.

Concordance and discordance between different remaining life expectancy estimations

Comorbidity RLE
Performance status RLE
Functional Health RLE
0–7 yrs 8–12 yrs 13+ yrs 0–7 yrs 8–12 yrs 13+ yrs 0–7 yrs 8–12 yrs 13+ yrs
Self-Rated Health RLE
 0–7 years 8.3 1.6 1.2 6.7 3.3 2.3 9.7 1.3 0.0
 8–12 years 14.5 8.5 11.3 14.3 7.7 11.8 5.0 21.6 7.7
 13+ years 9.0 10.6 35.1 5.3 10.3 38.4 0.0 0.3 54.4
Comorbidity RLE
 0–7 years - - - 15.4 6.7 14.0 9.9 10.1 11.9
 8–12 years - - - 3.4 4.8 10.9 2.2 5.9 12.5
 13+ years - - - 7.5 9.7 27.6 2.7 7.3 37.6
Performance status RLE
 0–7 years - - - - - - 7.7 10.2 8.3
 8–12 years - - - - - - 4.7 5.7 10.9
 13+ years - - - - - - 3.9 8.0 40.6

Abbreviations: Remaining life expectanct (RLE), years (yrs)