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 | |||