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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2016 Feb 5;173(2):292–302. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13944

Table IV.

Relation of sociodemographic and clinical factors to the hazard of death after acute myeloid leukaemia by age group at diagnosis, California, 1988–2011

Characteristics
(Total = 3935)
HR1 (95% CI)
0–9 years
N = 964
P-value* HR2 (95% CI)
10–19 years
N = 733
P-value* HR3 (95% CI)
20–29 years
N = 951
P-value* HR4 (95% CI)
30–39 years
N = 1287
P-value*
Calendar period
1988–1995 1.84 (1.45–2.34) 1.52 (1.19–1.93) 1.29 (1.05–1.59) 1.71 (1.44–2.04)
1996–2003 1.36 (1.07–1.73) 1.27 (0.99–1.63) 0.95 (0.76–1.18) 1.14 (0.95–1.36)
2004–2011 1.0 (reference) <0.0001 1.0 (reference) 0.0034 1.0 (reference) 0.0049 1.0 (reference) <0.0001
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Non-Hispanic black 1.22 (0.86–1.74) 1.19 (0.81–1.74) 1.70 (1.21–2.39) 1.19 (0.92–1.54)
Hispanic 1.02 (0.82–1.28) 1.06 (0.83–1.35) 1.05 (0.86–1.30) 1.10 (0.93–1.30)
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.79 (0.57–1.09) 0.2468 1.16 (0.84–1.60) 0.7294 1.28 (0.99–1.64) 0.0122 0.84 (0.67–1.05) 0.0821
Sex
Male 0.93 (0.77–1.12) 0.89 (0.73–1.08) 1.17 (0.99–1.38) 1.06 (0.92–1.21)
Female 1.0 (reference) 0.4455 1.0 (reference) 0.2287 1.0 (reference) 0.0734 1.0 (reference) 0.4152
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status (quintiles)
1. Lowest 20% 0.88 (0.63–1.22) 1.11 (0.80–1.53) 1.26 (0.94–1.68) 1.19 (0.94–1.51)
2. 1.07 (0.77–1.47) 0.96 (0.69–1.32) 1.03 (0.77–1.38) 1.21 (0.96–1.53)
3. Middle 20% 0.86 (0.63–1.20) 0.93 (0.66–1.30) 1.14 (0.86–1.52) 1.31 (1.05–1.53)
4. 0.83 (0.59–1.17) 0.82 (0.58–1.16) 0.84 (0.62–1.14) 1.31 (1.04–1.64)
5. Highest 20% 1.0 (reference) 0.4063 1.0 (reference) 0.4579 1.0 (reference) 0.0583 1.0 (reference) 0.1260
Initial care at hospitals affiliated with NCI-designated cancer centres
Yes 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
No 1.10 (0.91–1.32) 0.3314 1.29 (1.03–1.61) 0.0220 1.11 (0.90–1.37) 0.3310 1.31 (1.08–1.58) 0.0042

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; NOS, not otherwise specified; NCI, National Cancer Institute.

*

Likelihood ratio test.