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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Dec 12;218(3):439–449. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.12.005

Table 3.

Risk of Death for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Pneumonectomy from 1988-2010

Predictor Hazard Ratio 95% Confidence Interval p Value
Lower Upper
Age, y
  18-49 Ref Ref Ref Ref
  50-69 1.52 1.34 1.73 < 0.001
  70-79 2.31 2.01 2.64 < 0.001
  80+ 2.97 2.47 3.57 < 0.001
Male sex 1.20 1.12 1.29 < 0.001
Race
  White Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Black 1.03 0.92 1.16 0.57
  Other 0.92 0.79 1.07 0.26
Marital status
  Married Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Not married 1.17 1.09 1.25 < 0.001
  Unknown 0.83 0.66 1.05 0.12
Laterality
  Left Ref Ref Ref Ref
  Right 1.14 1.07 1.21 < 0.001
Clinical stage
  IA Ref Ref Ref Ref
  IB 1.08 0.97 1.21 0.14
  IIA 1.25 1.07 1.48 0.01
  IIB 1.32 1.19 1.47 < 0.001
Radiation therapy 1.12 1.04 1.22 0.005

Cox proportional hazards model adjusting for age, disease stage, laterality, radiation therapy, race, sex, and marital status.