Table 1.
Patient Characteristics and Relative Risk of Death from Cervical Cancer
| Characteristics | No. of patients | No. of deaths (%) | Crude ratio | hazard (95%CI) | Adjusted ratio | hazard (95%CI)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients assessed | 558 | 252 | -45.2 | ||||||
| Age at diagnosis (years) | |||||||||
| 30-34 | 36 | 5 | -13.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| 35-39 | 80 | 42 | -52.5 | 5.3 | (2.1 | 13.3) | 4.2 | (1.6 | 10.9) |
| 40-44 | 106 | 44 | -41.5 | 4.4 | (1.7 | 11.2) | 3.2 | (1.2 | 8.3) |
| 45-49 | 114 | 63 | -55.3 | 6.4 | (2.6 | 15.9) | 4.6 | (1.8 | 11.7) |
| 50-54 | 103 | 43 | -41.8 | 4.7 | (1.9 | 11.9) | 2.9 | (1.1 | 7.5) |
| 55+ | 119 | 55 | -46.2 | 5.3 | (2.1 | 13.1) | 3.1 | (1.2 | 8.1) |
| Education | |||||||||
| None | 389 | 165 | -42.4 | 1.0 | |||||
| Primary | 57 | 21 | -36.8 | 0.8 | (0.5 | 1.3) | |||
| Above primary | 54 | 21 | -38.9 | 0.9 | (0.5 | 1.4) | |||
| Type of house | |||||||||
| Thatched | 161 | 66 | -41.0 | 1.0 | |||||
| Tiled | 311 | 134 | -43.1 | 1.1 | (0.8 | 1.5) | |||
| Concrete | 52 | 24 | -46.2 | 1.3 | (0.8 | 2.1) | |||
| Income (Indian rupees)** | |||||||||
| <2000 | 333 | 147 | -44.1 | 1.0 | |||||
| 2000+ | 191 | 77 | -40.3 | 0.9 | (0.7 | 1.2) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Currently married | 428 | 167 | -39.0 | 1.0 | |||||
| Not currently married | 62 | 32 | -51.6 | 1.6 | (1.1 | 2.3) | |||
| Total number of pregnancies | |||||||||
| None | 44 | 30 | -68.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| 01-Mar | 152 | 52 | -34.2 | 0.3 | (0.2 | 0.5) | 0.6 | (0.4 | 1.0) |
| 4+ | 329 | 143 | -43.5 | 0.4 | (0.3 | 0.6) | 0.7 | (0.5 | 1.1) |
| Histology | |||||||||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 536 | 238 | -44.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 22 | 14 | -63.6 | 2.5 | (1.4 | 4.2) | 1.8 | (0.9 | 3.4) |
| FIGO stage | |||||||||
| IA | 143 | 29 | -20.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| IB | 114 | 34 | -29.8 | 1.8 | (1.1 | 3.0) | 1.7 | (0.9 | 2.9) |
| IIA | 33 | 16 | -48.5 | 5.6 | (3.0 | 10.4) | 5.6 | (2.8 | 11.0) |
| IIB | 56 | 32 | -57.1 | 4.5 | (2.7 | 7.4) | 4.6 | (2.47 | 8.5) |
| III | 123 | 88 | -71.5 | 7.8 | (5.1 | 11.9) | 6.3 | (3.6 | 10.9) |
| IV | 19 | 18 | -94.7 | 30.4 | (16.6 | 55.4) | 28.6 | (13.7 | 59.8) |
| Stage details not known | 70 | 35 | -50.0 | 6.1 | (3.7 | 10.0) | 2.9 | (1.6 | 5.5) |
| Treatment | |||||||||
| Surgery | 161 | 28 | -17.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Radiotherapy | 144 | 75 | -52.1 | 4.1 | (2.6 | 6.3) | 0.9 | (0.5 | 1.7) |
| Combination | 69 | 27 | -39.1 | 3.0 | (1.8 | 5.1) | 1.4 | (0.8 | 2.6) |
| Treatment details not known | 184 | 122 | -66.3 | 7.9 | (5.2 | 11.9) | 3.2 | (1.9 | 5.5) |
CI, confidence interval;
*
Adjusted on characteristics significant on the univariate analysis;
**
1 US dollar ≈ 45 rupees in 2,000