Table 4.
Marital status on cause‐specific survival (CSS) of gastric cancer based on different cancer stages in 18,196 patients
| TNM stage | 5‐year CSS | Multivariate analysis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR4 (95% CI) | P | ||
| Stage I | |||
| Married | 58% | Reference | |
| Single (never married) | 50% | 1.448 (1.255–1.670) | <0.001 |
| Divorced/separated | 55% | 1.242 (1.053–1.465) | 0.010 |
| Widowed | 33% | 1.453 (1.284–1.645) | <0.001 |
| Stage II | |||
| Married | 40% | Reference | |
| Single (never married) | 34% | 1.322 (1.121–1.559) | 0.001 |
| Divorced/separated | 26% | 1.340 (1.121–1.602) | 0.001 |
| Widowed | 24% | 1.209 (1.023–1.430) | 0.026 |
| Stage III | |||
| Married | 22% | Reference | |
| Single (never married) | 19% | 1.302 (1.134–1.496) | <0.001 |
| Divorced/separated | 18% | 1.134 (0.960–1.339) | 0.140 |
| Widowed | 12% | 1.240 (1.071–1.434) | 0.004 |
| Stage IV | |||
| Married | 4% | Reference | |
| Single (never married) | 4% | 1.210 (1.137–1.287) | <0.001 |
| Divorced/separated | 2% | 1.208 (1.124–1.298) | <0.001 |
| Widowed | 2% | 1.211 (1.131–1.298) | <0.001 |
HR4 adjusted for demographics (sex, age and race), tumor location, histological type, and differentiated grade, and year of diagnosis. CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.