Table 4.

Association of adherence to treatment and cancer cause specific mortality among stage II or III colon cancer patients

Treatment	Stage II Hazard ratio* (95% CI)	P*	Stage III Hazard ratio (95% CI)	P*
S	1.94 ( 1.50, 2.50 )	<.01	1.72 ( 1.45, 2.05 )	<.01
S+C	1.75 ( 1.08, 2.84 )	0.02	1.16 ( 0.94, 1.43 )	0.16
SA	Reference		1.32 ( 1.13, 1.54 )	<.01
SA+C	1.31 ( 0.84, 2.04 )	0.23	Reference

Hazard ratios* and p-values* were from the final Cox model adjusted for other covariates and IPTW.

Abbreviations: S= non-adherent surgery; C= adjuvant chemotherapy; SA= surgery adherence to guidelines