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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Oct 13;117(5):948–956. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25544

Table 2. Univariate Analysis of Overall and Disease-Free Survival.

Overall Survival Disease-Free Survival
HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI p-value
BMI* < 0.001 <0.01
 < 18.5 kg/m2 2.85 1.61, 5.05 2.05 1.17, 3.57
 ≥ 25 kg/m2 0.83 0.58, 1.19 0.84 0.61, 1.16
Age at diagnosis 1.01 0.99, 1.02 0.19 1.00 0.99, 1.02 0.45
Race 0.84 0.8
 Black 1.1 0.78, 1.54 1.11 0.82, 1.5
 Other 1.3 0.30, 4.99 1.12 0.28, 4.54
Comorbidity < 0.01 <0.01
 1 vs 0 1.88 1.28, 2.73 1.6 1.14, 2.25
 2 vs 0 0.95 0.58, 1.59 0.87 0.56, 1.36
 3 vs 0 2.08 1.17, 3.70 1.59 0.94, 2.72
Smoker# 0.45 0.44
 Current 1.25 0.88, 1.78 1.22 0.89, 1.68
 Previous 1.18 0.58, 2.39 1.22 0.66, 2.25
Albumin ≥ 3.5 g/dl 0.56 0.38, 0.83 < 0.01 0.64 0.44, 0.94 0.02
Creatinine > 1.0 mg/dl 1.3 0.87, 1.95 0.19 1.31 0.91, 1.87 0.14
Hemoglobinº 0.05 0.19
 8.0-9.9 mg/dl 1.15 0.62, 2.12 0.97 0.56, 1.70
 10-12 mg/dl 1.11 0.66, 1.87 0.88 0.55, 1.40
 > 12 mg/dl 0.67 0.39, 1.13 0.67 0.42, 1.06
Total Lymphocyte 0.7 0.50, 0.99 0.05 0.74 0.55, 1.01 0.05
Lymphocyte percentage ≥ 20% 0.56 0.39, 0.78 <0.01 0.63 0.47, 0.85 <0.01
XRTα 0.89 0.61, 1.32 0.58 0.85 0.61, 1.19 0.35
*

Reference category: Normal weight

Reference category: White

#

Reference category: Never

º

Reference category: < 8.0 mg/dl

α

XRT: conventional radiation; Reference category: IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy)