Table 2.
Person Time, All-Cause Mortality Rate and 1-, 2-, and 3-year Mortality Risk Comparison Among Treatment Groups in the Full and Instrumental Variable populations
Treatment Group | Person Time (Years)* |
Events within 3-years |
Mortality Rate (per 100 person-years) |
1-year risk | 2-year risk | 3-year risk |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full population (n=3,660) | ||||||
5- fluorouracil (5-FU) | 5,234 | 602 | 11.5 | 11.3% | 21.3% | 29.0% |
Oxaliplatin (with 5- FU/capecitabine) |
4,008 | 354 | 8.8 | 7.9% | 18.1% | 24.7% |
Instrumental Variable population (n=2,881) | ||||||
5- fluorouracil (5-FU) | 4,495 | 526 | 11.7 | 11.3% | 21.6% | 29.4% |
Oxaliplatin (with 5- FU/capecitabine) |
2,839 | 248 | 8.7 | 7.9% | 16.9% | 23.0% |
Patients administratively censored three years after treatment initiation