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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Dec;141(12):1059–1065. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.2158

Table 2.

CACI Outcomes and Univariate Association of Age Comorbidities and 1-Year Mortality

1 Year After Salvage Surgery
Comorbidity Weight for CACI Calculation No. (%) of Patients (N = 191) 1-Year Mortality Rate, No. (%) RR of Mortality Within 1 Year of Salvage Surgery (95% CI)
Myocardial infarction 1 19 (9.9) 6 (31.6) 1.12 (0.55-2.26)

Congestive heart failure 1 12 (6.3) 6 (50) 1.84 (0.99-3.41)

Peripheral vascular disease 1 19 (9.9) 4 (21) 0.71 (0.29-1.76)

Stroke 1 7 (3.7) 2 (29) 0.99 (0.30-3.29)

Dementia 1 2 (1.0) 1 (50) 1.76 (0.43-7.17)

Pulmonary 1 50 (26.2) 16 (32) 1.17 (0.72-1.90)

Rheumatic disease 1 5 (2.6) 4 (80) 2.93 (1.78-4.84)a

Peptic ulcer disease 1 2 (1.0) ... ...

Liver disease, mild 1 6 (3.1) 3 (50) 1.79 (0.77-4.12)

Diabetes mellitus 1 30 (15.7) 11 (37) 1.35 (0.79-2.31)

Diabetes with end-organ damage 2 5 (2.6) 2 (40) 1.41 (0.47-4.23)

Paralysis 2 1 (0.5) ... ...

Renal disease 2 6 (3.1) 3 (50) 1.79 (0.78-4.12)

Any tumor 2 191 (100) ... ...

Liver disease, severe 3 1 (0.5) 1 (100) 3.52 (2.81-4.45)a

Metastasisb 4 45 (23.6) 25 (56) 2.78 (1.82-4.24)a

Human Immunodeficiency virus infection 6 0 ... ...

Age, y

    0-49 ... 21 (11.0) 4 (8) 1.22 (0.98-1.51)a

    50-59 ... 19 (9.9) 0 (0)

    60-69 ... 49 (25.7) 13 (24)

    70-79 ... 67 (35.1) 16 (30)

    80-89 ... 45 (23.6) 18 (44)

    90-99 ... 9 (4.7) 2 (4)

Total comorbidity score, OR (95% CI) ... ... ... 1.30 (1.15-1.47)a

Abbreviations: CACI, Charlson-Age Comorbidity Index; OR, odds ratio; RR, relative risk; ellipses, data not applicable.

a

Statistically significant (P < .05).

b

Metastasis indicates neck metastasis of N2 or higher or distant metastasis.