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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Jun 1;140(6):504–512. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.406

Table 7.

Kaplan-Meier Survival Rates and Log-Rank Multiple Comparisons on Race for Years 1988 to 2010

Survival Rate Log-Rank Test

5-year (95% CI) 10-year (95% CI) 15-year (95% CI) 20-year (95% CI) P Value 1


All Histologies 0.002
 White 0.83 (0.82 to 0.84) 0.81 (0.80 to 0.82) 0.79 (0.78 to 0.80) 0.78 (0.77 to 0.80)
 Black 0.84 (0.82 to 0.87) 0.82 (0.79 to 0.85) 0.81 (0.77 to 0.84) 0.79 (0.75 to 0.84) 0.178
 Hispanic 0.89 (0.86 to 0.91) 0.85 (0.82 to 0.88) 0.83 (0.79 to 0.87) 0.81 (0.76 to 0.86) 0.003 0.071
Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma 0.020
 White 0.89 (0.87 to 0.91) 0.87 (0.86 to 0.89) 0.87 (0.85 to 0.89) 0.87 (0.85 to 0.89)
 Black 0.88 (0.84 to 0.93) 0.88 (0.84 to 0.93) 0.88 (0.84 to 0.93) 0.88 (0.84 to 0.93) 0.351
 Hispanic 0.95 (0.92 to 0.98) 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97) 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97) 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97) 0.022 0.186
Adenocarcinoma 0.311
 White 0.74 (0.71 to 0.77) 0.68 (0.65 to 0.72) 0.67 (0.63 to 0.71) 0.67 (0.63 to 0.71)
 Black 0.74 (0.67 to 0.83) 0.73 (0.65 to 0.82) 0.69 (0.60 to 0.81) 0.815
 Hispanic 0.81 (0.73 to 0.89) 0.77 (0.68 to 0.87) 0.77 (0.68 to 0.88) 0.357 0.550
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma 0.969
 White 0.89 (0.86 to 0.91) 0.84 (0.81 to 0.87) 0.78 (0.74 to 0.83) 0.75 (0.70 to 0.81)
 Black 0.91 (0.86 to 0.96) 0.81 (0.73 to 0.90) 0.78 (0.69 to 0.89) 0.72 (0.58 to 0.89) 0.999
 Hispanic 0.89 (0.83 to 0.96) 0.84 (0.76 to 0.93) 0.76 (0.65 to 0.90) 0.76 (0.65 to 0.90) 0.990 0.968
Squamous Cell Carcinoma 0.097
 White 0.81 (0.79 to 0.83) 0.79 (0.77 to 0.82) 0.79 (0.77 to 0.82) 0.79 (0.77 to 0.82)
 Black 0.70 (0.59 to 0.83) 0.70 (0.59 to 0.83) 0.70 (0.59 to 0.83) 0.70 (0.59 to 0.83) 0.086
 Hispanic 0.76 (0.66 to 0.87) 0.69 (0.57 to 0.83) 0.69 (0.57 to 0.83) 0.346 0.664
Acinar Cell Carcinoma 0.061
 White 0.95 (0.93 to 0.96) 0.93 (0.91 to 0.95) 0.92 (0.90 to 0.94) 0.91 (0.88 to 0.94)
 Black 0.97 (0.93 to 1.00) 0.94 (0.88 to 1.00) 0.94 (0.88 to 1.00) 0.94 (0.88 to 1.00) 0.128
 Hispanic 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) 0.92 (0.78 to 1.00) 0.049 0.798
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P values for multiple comparisons of the Log-rank test were based on the Tukey-Kramer adjustment.