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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 4.

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

Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
Age, years (continuous) 1.03 1.02–1.03 <0.001 1.02 1.01–1.03 <0.001
Sex
 Male 1.00
 Female 1.13 0.96–1.33 0.127
Race
 White 1.00 1.00
 Non-white 1.75 1.53–1.99 <0.001 1.54 1.28–1.84 <0.001
Year
 2004–2006 1.00 1.00
 2007–2009 0.99 0.87–1.13 0.894 0.91 0.77–1.08 0.260
 2010–2012 0.87 0.76–1.01 0.074 0.74 0.59–0.93 0.010
Charlson/Deyo score
 0 1.00
 1 1.15 0.97–1.35 0.104
 ≥2 1.67 1.29–2.17 <0.001
Insurance type
 Private 1.00 1.00
 Non-private/Unknown 2.21 1.97–2.48 <0.001 1.93 1.64–2.27 <0.001
Income
 <$48,000 1.00
 ≥$48,000 0.73 0.66–0.82 <0.001
Location
 Urban (≥250,000) 1.00
 Non-urban (<250,000) 1.03 0.91–1.17 0.604
Facility
 Non-academic 1.00 1.00
 Academic 0.89 0.79–0.99 0.032 0.84 0.73–0.98 0.022
Facility volume
 Non-high 1.00
 High 0.94 0.83–1.06 0.306
HPV status
 Negative 1.00 1.00
 Positive 0.46 0.32–0.68 <0.001 0.46 0.28–0.74 0.002
 Unknown 0.92 0.69–1.22 0.554 0.62 0.42–0.92 0.017
Radiation dose (Gy) (continuous) 0.99 0.99–1.00 0.002 0.99 0.99–1.00 0.004
Tumor size (mm) (continuous) 1.01 1.01–1.02 <0.001 1.00 1.00–1.01 0.012
Treatment
 Primary surgery 1.00 1.00
 Primary CRT 1.62 1.43–1.84 <0.001 1.29 1.06–1.56 0.009
T stage
 0 1.00 1.00
 1 0.85 0.68–1.05 0.129 0.94 0.68–1.29 0.690
 2 0.96 0.79–1.17 0.703 0.83 0.62–1.11 0.197
 3 1.50 1.23–1.84 <0.001 1.17 0.87–1.59 0.306
 4 2.25 1.85–2.72 <0.001 1.49 1.09–2.03 0.012
IPTW hazard model Treatment
 Primary surgery 1.00
 Primary CRT 1.22 1.10–1.35 <0.001