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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Aug 22;96(4):820–831. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.08.013

Table 2.

Odds ratios for penalized logistic regression models

Covariate Mucositis model
Dysphagia model
Odds ratio 95% CI Odds ratio 95% CI
Intercept 2.512 0.016-12.43 0.360 0.007-2.583
Male 1.000 1.000-2.554 1.000 1.000-1.945
Age 1.000 0.971-1.006 1.000 0.980-1.000
Definitive RT 1.000 0.110-1.000 1.000 0.544-1.000
Induction chemotherapy 1.000 0.410-1.166 1.000 1.000-2.089
Cisplatin 1.000 1.000-3.464 1.277 1.000-3.230
Carboplatin 1.000 0.361-4.015 1.000 1.000-4.278
Cis-carbo 1.000 0.136-1.769 1.000 0.989-2.930
Hypopharynx or larynx 1.000 1.000-14.71 1.000 1.000-2.203
Nasopharynx or nasal cavity 1.000 0.905-6.190 1.000 0.247-1.000
Unknown primary 1.000 0.022-1.000 1.000 0.945-1.210
Parotid 0.814 0.231-2.546 0.600 0.208-1.000
V020 1.000 1.000-1.119 1.000 1.000-1.031
V040 1.000 0.891-1.000 1.000 1.000-1.014
V060 1.000 1.000-1.032 1.000 1.000-1.003
V080 1.000 1.000-1.050 1.000 1.000-1.023
V100 1.000 0.934-1.000 1.000 1.000-1.029
V120 1.000 1.000-1.084 1.019 1.000-1.044
V140 1.000 0.917-1.000 1.000 1.000-1.019
V160 1.000 1.000-1.038 1.000 1.000-1.011
V180 1.002 1.000-1.085 1.000 0.997-1.009
V200 1.000 0.949-1.007 1.000 1.000-1.019
V220 1.000 1.000-1.098 1.008 1.000-1.031
V240 1.000 0.616-1.154 1.000 1.000-1.025
V260 1.000 1.000-1.000 1.000 1.000-1.000

Abbreviations: Cis-carbo = 1 cycle of cisplatin followed by 1 cycle of carboplatin; RT = radiation therapy; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval calculated by bootstrapping model fitting with 2000 replicates; Vx = volume of organ receiving x cGy of radiation per fraction.