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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2016 Feb 23;7(3):176–186. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2016.01.011

Table 3. Crude and weighted 3- and 5-year risk differences and risk ratios comparing postoperative oxaliplatin vs. postoperative 5-FU/capecitabine alone, patients age 66-74 years old.

Outcome risk

Outcome Crude/Adjusted and time period Postoperative 5-FU/capecitabine alone Postoperative oxaliplatin Risk difference 95% CIa Risk ratio 95% CIa
All-cause mortality Crude
3-year 0.12 0.15 0.03 (-0.03, 0.10) 1.28 (0.76, 2.13)
5-year 0.13 0.23 0.09 (0.02, 0.17) 1.71 (1.03, 2.82)
Weightedb
3-year 0.11 0.15 0.04 (-0.03, 0.11) 1.38 (0.81, 2.36)
5-year 0.12 0.23 0.10 (0.03, 0.18) 1.83 (1.11, 3.03)
Cancer-specific mortality Crude
3-year 0.07 0.11 0.04 (-0.03, 0.11) 1.58 (0.67, 3.69)
5-year 0.11 0.15 0.04 (-0.06, 0.13) 1.34 (0.57, 3.15)
Weightedb
3-year 0.06 0.11 0.06 (-0.02, 0.13) 1.95 (0.74, 5.15)
5-year 0.09 0.15 0.05 (-0.04, 0.15) 1.59 (0.62, 4.09)

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval

a

Standard error based on standard deviation of 200 nonparametric bootstrap resamples.

b

Weighted for age (66-69, 70-74 years), sex, race/ethnicity, AJCC pathologic stage, married, metropolitan residence, census tract poverty level (%), COPD, diabetes, 30-day post-operative hospitalization, pre-operative therapy (chemoradiation or radiation therapy alone), predicted probability of ADL-D.