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. 2017 Jul-Sep;4(3):224–232. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_22_17

Table 2.

Relative risk of categorical predictors on development of chemotherapy stoppages or reductions, infections, hospitalizations, and adverse events

Predictor Chemotherapy stoppage or reduction Infection Hospitalization Adverse event




No, n (%) Yes, n (%) RR P No, n (%) Yes, n (%) RR P No, n (%) Yes, n (%) RR P No, n (%) Yes, n (%) RR P
Sex
 Female 6 (60) 4 (40) 1.00 7 (70) 3 (30) 0.34 6 (60) 4 (40) 1.00 5 (50) 5 (50) 0.37
 Male 4 (50) 4 (50) 1.25 3 (38) 5 (63) 2.08 4 (50) 4 (50) 1.25 2 (25) 6 (75) 1.5
A1c <7 at baseline
 No 6 (67) 3 (33) 0.53 0.35 4 (44) 5 (56) 2.22 0.33 4 (44) 5 (56) 1.48 0.64 3 (33) 6 (67) 1.33 0.64
 Yes 3 (38) 5 (63) -- -- 6 (75) 2 (25) 5 (63) 3 (38) 4 (50) 4 (50)
A1c <7 at 12 weeks
 No 4 (57) 3 (43) 0.54 0.29 4 (57) 3 (43) 2.14 0.58 4 (57) 3 (43) 2.14 0.58 3 (43) 4 (57) 1.43 1.00
 Yes 1 (20) 4 (80) 4 (80) 1 (20) 4 (80) 1 (20) 3 (60) 2 (40)
On insulin
 No 7 (54) 6 (46) 1.00 9 (69) 4 (31) 0.12 9 (69) 4 (31) 0.12 7 (54) 6 (46) 0.10
 Yes 3 (60) 2 (40) 0.87 1 (20) 4 (80) 2.60 1 (20) 4 (80) 2.60 0 (0) 5 (100) 2.17
Diabetes <5 years
 Yes 2 (40) 3 (60) 1.56 0.61 4 (80) 1 (20) 0.37 0.31 4 (80) 1 (20) 0.37 0.31 4 (80) 1 (20) 0.26 0.047
 No 8 (62) 5 (38) 0.64 6 (46) 7 (54) 2.69 6 (46) 7 (54) 2.69 3 (23) 10 (77) 3.85
Diabetes <10 years
 Yes 3 (33) 6 (67) 3.00 0.15 6 (67) 3 (33) 0.60 0.64 4 (44) 5 (56) 1.67 0.64 4 (44) 5 (56) 0.83 1.00
 No 7 (78) 2 (22) 0.33 4 (44) 5 (56) 1.67 6 (67) 3 (33) 0.60 3 (33) 6 (67) 1.20

*A metric of RR >1.5 or <0.67 was used to identify categorical predictors that merit additional investigation. These items are bolded in the table. RR: Relative risk