Table 3.

Factors associated with survival among patients with local staged NSCLC (n = 185)

	HR	χ2	P
Sex
Female	0.64	3.36	0.07
Male	Ref
Race
Black	1.78	4.42	0.04
White	Ref
Age group, y
<50	0.23	2.03	0.15
50–64	0.43	7.07	0.01
65–74	0.61	3.39	0.07
≥75	Ref
Histology
Squamous cell carcinoma	1.28	0.59	0.44
Non–small-cell carcinoma	3.68	12.07	<0.001
Other	0.93	0.58	0.81
Adenocarcinoma	Ref
Timely
Yes	0.98	0.01	0.94
No	Ref

Values in boldface type indicates significance at α = 0.05. HR, hazard ratio; NSCLC, non–small-cell lung cancer.