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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2013 Oct;8(10):1248–1254. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182a406f6

Table 2.

All-cause mortality among incident NSCLC cases participating in the Southern Community Cohort Study, 2002-2011.

NSCLC Cases
N=424
Variable HR (95% CI) P
Race
 White 1.0 Referent
 Black 0.99 (0.74 – 1.32) 0.94
Smoking pack-years 1.005 (1.00-1.009) 0.04
Age at diagnosis 1.00 (0.98-1.02) 0.99
Sex
 Female 1.0 Referent
 Male 1.41 (1.09 – 1.81) < 0.01
Education, years
 < 12 1.0 Referent
 ≥ 12 1.04 (0.81 – 1.33) 0.79
BMI, kg/m2
 < 25 1.0 Referent
 25-29 1.00 (0.76 – 1.30) 0.98
 ≥ 30 0.92 (0.69 – 1.24) 0.60
Health insurance status
 No 1.0 Referent
 Medicare, age < 65 years 0.92 (0.65 – 1.32) 0.66
 Medicare, age ≥ 65 years 0.72 (0.44 – 1.20) 0.21
 Medicaid 1.21 (0.89 – 1.65) 0.22
 Private 0.74 (0.49 – 1.12) 0.15
 Military/Other 1.33 (0.75 – 2.35) 0.33
Disease stage
 Localized 1.0 Referent
 Regional 2.23 (1.45 – 3.43) < 0.01
 Distant 4.99 (3.33 – 7.48) < 0.01
Study site
 General population 1.0 Referent
 CHC 1.13 (0.72 – 1.76) 0.60

Cox proportional hazards analysis of lung cancer mortality among SCCS participants.

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; CHC, community health center.