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Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2016 May 14;139(5):1065–1072. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30163

Table 3.

Hazard Ratios for Overall and Colorectal Cancer-Specific Mortality, Stratified by Cancer Stage at Diagnosis.

Overall Survival	Stage I			Stage II			Stage III			Stage IV
n (events)	698 (108)			629 (150)			590 (228)			332 (286)
	HR^a	95% CI	P-value	HR^a	95% CI	P-value	HR^a	95% CI	P-value	HR^a	95% CI	P-value
Normal (Ref.)
Overweight	1.58	1.00 – 2.50	0.048	0.69	0.46 – 1.02	0.07	0.70	0.51 – 0.95	0.02	0.92	0.70 – 1.20	0.53
Obese	1.86	1.06 – 3.27	0.03	1.36	0.90 – 2.06	0.14	0.90	0.64 – 1.26	0.53	0.76	0.55 – 1.05	0.10
CRC-specific survival	Stage I			Stage II			Stage III			Stage IV
n (events)	698 (32)			629 (68)			590 (181)			332 (269)
	HR^a	95% CI	P-value	HR^a	95% CI	P-value	HR^a	95% CI	P-value	HR^a	95% CI	P-value
Normal (Ref.)
Overweight	1.47	0.61 – 3.54	0.39	0.48	0.25 – 0.90	0.02	0.69	0.49 – 0.98	0.04	0.87	0.66 – 1.15	0.34
Obese	2.50	0.93 – 6.77	0.07	1.33	0.74 – 2.39	0.33	0.78	0.53 – 1.15	0.21	0.70	0.50 – 0.98	0.04

Abbreviations: HR, Hazard Ratio; 95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval.

Adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, study, and smoking history (current/former/never).