Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Lung Cancer. 2012 Apr 17;13(6):448–457. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2012.03.002

Table 3a. Association between patient characteristics and survival in Stage I & II NSCLC.

Univariate
HR (95% CI)
Univariate
P-Value
Multivariate
HR (95% CI)
Multivariate
P-Value
Age
< 65 Reference <0.001 Reference 0.004
≥ 65 1.86 (1.31-2.63) 2.22 (1.29-3.82)
Gender
Male Reference <0.001 Reference <0.001
Female 0.57 (0.41-0.79) 0.53 (0.38-0.74)
Race
White, non-Hispanic Reference 0.77 Reference 0.87
Other 1.05 (0.74-1.51) 0.97 (0.65-1.44)
Insurance
Private Reference 0.001 Reference 0.04
Medicare 2.07 (1.37-3.14) 1.27 (0.72-2.22)
Indigent 2.20 (1.33-3.62) 1.98 (1.16-3.37)
Stage
Stage I Reference 0.06 Reference 0.04
Stage II 1.44 (0.98-2.11) 1.52 (1.02-2.29)
Histology
Adenocarcinoma Reference 0.06 Reference 0.06
Squamous Cell 1.27 (0.88-1.84) 1.09 (0.75-1.58)
Other * 1.74 (1.07-2.83) 1.83 (1.12-2.99)
Treatment #
  “ Standard Reference <0.001 Reference <0.001
Other 2.60 (1.73-3.93) 2.13 (1.37-3.31)

HR>1: shorter survival

*

Includes patients with large cell, adenosquamous or unspecified

#

For Treatment, Standard=Surgery. Other =No Surgery