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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2017 Jul 24;39(11):2159–2170. doi: 10.1002/hed.24881

Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analysis for all patients using Cox proportional hazards model.

Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
Age, years (continuous) 1.02 1.02–1.03 <0.001 1.02 1.01–1.02 <0.001
Sex
 Male 1.00
 Female 1.13 1.01–1.26 0.034
Race
 White 1.00 1.00
 Non-white 1.57 1.43–1.73 <0.001 1.42 1.24–1.61 <0.001
Year
 2004–2006 1.00
 2007–2009 1.02 0.92–1.12 0.761
 2010–2012 0.88 0.79–0.98 0.021
Charlson/Deyo score
 0 1.00 1.00
 1 1.23 1.10–1.39 <0.001 1.14 0.98–1.33 0.094
 ≥2 1.43 1.17–1.75 <0.001 1.26 0.98–1.62 0.067
Insurance type
 Private 1.00 1.00
 Non-private/Unknown 2.05 1.88–2.24 <0.001 1.57 1.39–1.78 <0.001
Income
 <$48,000 1.00
 ≥$48,000 0.79 0.73–0.86 <0.001
Location
 Urban (≥250,000) 1.00
 Non-urban (<250,000) 0.99 0.91–1.09 0.902
Facility
 Non-academic 1.00
 Academic 0.91 0.84–0.99 0.031
Facility volume
 Non-high 1.00
 High 0.89 0.81–0.98 0.021
Head and neck subsite
 Oral cavity 1.00 1.00
 Oropharynx 0.49 0.43–0.56 <0.001 0.56 0.47–0.67 <0.001
 Hypopharynx 1.02 0.87–1.20 0.815 0.96 0.78–1.18 0.681
 Larynx 1.00 0.85–1.17 0.974 0.89 0.72–1.10 0.273
HPV Status
 Negative 1.00 1.00
 Positive 0.40 0.29–0.54 <0.001 0.53 0.35–0.80 0.002
 Unknown 0.97 0.79–1.19 0.783 0.96 0.74–1.24 0.769
Radiation dose (Gy) (continuous) 0.99 0.99–1.00 <0.001 0.99 0.99–1.00 <0.001
Tumor size (mm) (continuous) 1.01 1.01–1.01 <0.001 1.00 1.00–1.01 0.005
Treatment
 Primary surgery 1.00 1.00
 Primary CRT 1.44 1.31–1.58 <0.001 1.27 1.11–1.46 <0.001
T stage
 0 1.00 1.00
 1 0.81 0.68–0.96 0.016 0.83 0.66–1.06 0.134
 2 1.06 0.91–1.23 0.480 0.91 0.74–1.13 0.397
 3 1.56 1.34–1.82 <0.001 1.21 0.98–1.51 0.080
 4 2.09 1.80–2.43 <0.001 1.42 1.14–1.76 0.002
IPTW hazard model Treatment
 Primary surgery 1.00
 Primary CRT 1.13 1.05–1.22 0.002