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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Mar 1;143(3):253–259. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.3353

Table 3.

Univariate and Inverse Probability-Weighted Multivariate Survival Analysis

Survival Analysis
Univariate, HR (95% CI) Multivariate, aHR (95% CI)a
Overall Survival
Age: continuous 1.06 (1.03–1.10) 1.06 (1.03–1.09)
Sex: male vs female 2.03 (0.63–6.55)
Race: white vs nonwhite 1.12 (0.27–4.62)
Comorbidity: Moderate to severe vs none to mild 1.93 (0.99–3.79) 0.92 (0.52–1.62)
Smoking: yes vs no 4.30 (1.82–10.14) 4.02 (1.94–8.30)
Pathological
 T Stage:T3-T4 vs T1-T2 3.04 (1.70–5.43) 1.38 (0.80–2.37)
 N Stage: N2C-N3 vs N0-N2B 2.06 (1.11–3.84) 1.25 (0.75–2.08)
Adjuvant therapy: CRT vs RT 1.05 (0.57–1.93) 1.46 (0.91–2.33)
Disease-Free Survival
Age: continuous 1.05 (1.02–1.08) 1.04 (1.01–1.06)
Sex: male vs female 1.81 (0.65–4.99)
Race: white vs nonwhite 1.37 (0.34–5.64)
Comorbidity: Moderate to severe vs none to mild 1.85 (0.98–3.51) 0.77 (0.44–1.36)
Smoking: yes vs no 3.42 (1.61–7.26) 5.24 (2.55–10.78)
Pathological
 T Stage: T3, T4 vs T1, T2 2.55 (1.47–4.43) 1.31 (0.78–2.20)
 N Stage: N2C-N3 vs N0-N2B 1.87 (1.03–3.37) 2.13 (1.34–3.40)
Adjuvant therapy: CRT vs RT 0.93 (0.52–1.66) 0.91 (0.59–1.42)

Abbreviations: aHR, adjusted hazard ratio; CRT, chemoradiotherapy; HR, hazard ratio; RT, radiotherapy.

a

Inverse probability-weighted multivariate model included all variables significant in univariate analysis at the α level of 0.1 and adjuvant chemotherapy.