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. 2016 Apr 28;7(7):854–861. doi: 10.7150/jca.14777

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted analyses of causes of death stratified according to Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) subgroups.

CCI category Death/total patient, n(%) Median OS, months (95% CI) Overall mortality Cancer-specific mortality Noncancer-specific mortality
HR (95% CI) AHR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) AHR(95% CI) HR (95% CI) AHR(95% CI)
0 5,888/25,749 (22.9) NR 1 (reference) 1 1 1 1 1
1 2,358/7,986 (29.5) NR 1.38 (1.32-1.45)c 1.05 ( 1.00-1.11)a 1.29 (1.21-1.36)c 0.99 (0.94-1.06) 1.62 (1.49-1.76)c 1.20 (1.10-1.31)c
2 918/2,402 (38.2) NR 1.94 (1.81-2.08)c 1.12 (1.03-1.21)b 1.64 (1.50-1.79)c 0.97 (0.87-1.08) 2.64 (2.36-2.96)c 1.44 (1.26-1.64)c
3 297/687 (43.2) 65.4 (49.1-81.7) 2.46 (2.19-2.77)c 1.21 (1.07-1.37)c 2.16 (1.87-2.51)c 1.32 (1.12-1.54)b 3.18 (2.63-3.85)c 1.76 (1.43-2.16)c
4 150/299 (50.2) 46.7 (36.8-56.6) 3.08 (2.62-3.63)c 1.43 (1.20-1.69)c 2.36 (1.90-2.94)c 1.47 (1.18-1.81)c 4.85 (3.81-6.18)c 2.36 (1.83-3.05)c
5-8 93/165 (56.4) 25.0 (8.6-41.4) 4.12 (3.36-5.06)c 2.22 (1.79-2.74)c 3.37 (2.56-4.41)c 1.82 (1.38-2.4)c 5.93 (4.32-8.14)c 3.11 (2.24-4.31)c

OS: overall survival; CI: Confidence interval; NR: Not reached; HR: hazard ratio; AHR: adjusted hazard ratio. ap<0.05,bp<0.01,c p<0.001.