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. 2014 Jul 15;31(7):724–734. doi: 10.1007/s12325-014-0134-8

Table 1.

Distribution of number of treatment lines by patient-level factors

Total (N = 7,950) No Tx Tx1 only Tx2
(N = 4,684) (N = 1,826) (N = 1,440)
N Col % N Col % p* N Col % p
CCI
 CCI = 0 2,667 57 1,160 64 <0.0001 975 68 0.014
 CCI = 1 1,023 22 424 23 312 22
 CCI = 2 530 11 150 8 97 7
 CCI = ≥3 464 10 92 5 56 4
Poorly graded tumor
 Yes 1,105 24 542 30 <0.0001 395 27 0.033
 No 3,579 76 1,284 70 1,045 73
Surgery of primary site
 Yes 2,293 49 1,295 71 <0.0001 1,139 79 <0.0001
 No 2,391 51 531 29 301 21
Surgery of liver metastases
 Ablation of liver metastasis 319 7 257 14 <0.0001 211 15 0.515
 Surgery to other site(s) 173 4 98 5 64 4
 None 4,192 90 1,471 81 1,165 81
Proxy for poor performance status
 Yes 601 13 104 6 <0.0001 44 3 <0.0001
 No 4,083 87 1,722 94 1,396 97
Age at time of Dx
 66–74 1,100 23 809 44 <0.0001 797 55 <0.0001
 75–84 2,057 44 841 46 592 41
 ≥85 1,599 33 176 10 51 4
Female
 Yes 2,671 57 952 53 <0.0001 708 49 0.004
 No 2,013 43 874 47 732 51
Married
 Yes 1,739 37 992 54 <0.0001 905 63 <0.0001
 No 2,945 63 834 46 535 37
Urban living area
 Yes 4,197 90 1,620 89 0.068 1,309 91 0.021
 No 487 10 206 11 131 9
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 3,665 78 1,470 81 0.003 1,191 83 <0.0001
 African American 592 13 184 10 122 8
 Hispanic 218 5 94 5 62 4
 Asian 209 4 78 4 65 5

CCI Charlson comorbidity index, CoI column, Dx diagnosis, Tx treatment, Tx1 first-line treatment, Tx2 second-line treatment

* p measures the statistical significance of the difference between column percentages of no Tx group and another group (i.e., Tx1 only and Tx2 and above)

p measures the statistical significance of the difference between column percentages of Tx1 only and Tx2