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. 2017 Apr 25;152(3):587–597. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.03.059

Table 3.

Multivariable Regression Results: Cox Proportional Hazard (All-Cause) and Competing Risk (Death From Lung Cancer and Death From Competing Causes)

Covariate Death from All Causesa
Death from Lung Cancerb
Death from Competing Causesb
Adjusted OR 95% CI Adjusted RR 95% CI Adjusted RR 95% CI
Race/ethnicity (reference: Non-Hispanic white)
 Hispanic 0.93 0.89-0.98 0.95 0.90-1.01 0.87 0.80-0.94
 Non-Hispanic Asian 0.82 0.79-0.86 0.87 0.83-0.92 0.77 0.71-0.83
 Non-Hispanic black 1.05 1.02-1.08 1.00 0.96-1.04 1.07 1.02-1.12
Female sex (reference: Male sex) 0.79 0.77-0.80 0.89 0.87-0.91 0.77 0.75-0.8
Age at diagnosis, y (reference: 40-44 y)
 45-49 1.22 1.05-1.42 1.14 0.96-1.35 1.17 0.88-1.57
 50-54 1.36 1.18-1.56 1.22 1.04-1.43 1.23 0.94-1.61
 55-59 1.51 1.32-1.74 1.33 1.14-1.55 1.40 1.08-1.82
 60-64 1.70 1.48-1.95 1.44 1.23-1.67 1.55 1.19-2.01
 65-69 1.87 1.64-2.14 1.49 1.28-1.73 1.76 1.36-2.28
 70-74 2.17 1.89-2.48 1.57 1.35-1.83 2.11 1.63-2.73
 75-79 2.56 2.24-2.93 1.73 1.48-2.01 2.49 1.93-3.22
 80-84 2.80 2.44-3.20 1.83 1.58-2.14 2.60 2.01-3.37
 ≥ 85 3.26 2.85-3.74 1.85 1.58-2.16 2.90 2.24-3.76
Histologic type (reference: adenocarcinoma)
 Other non-small cell 1.25 1.22-1.28 1.10 1.07-1.13 1.33 1.29-1.38
 Small cell 1.30 1.24-1.35 1.39 1.32-1.46 0.96 0.88-1.04
 Squamous cell 1.22 1.20-1.25 1.12 1.09-1.15 1.27 1.22-1.31
Stage at diagnosis (reference: IA)
 IB 1.47 1.44-1.50 1.72 1.68-1.77 0.88 0.85-0.91
 IIA 1.59 1.53-1.66 1.93 1.83-2.02 0.91 0.84-0.97
 IIB 2.00 1.95-2.05 2.59 2.51-2.67 0.74 0.7-0.77
Type of surgical resection (reference: none)
 < 1 lobe 0.46 0.45-0.48 0.50 0.48-0.52 0.92 0.88-0.96
 ≥ 1 lobe 0.33 0.32-0.34 0.38 0.37-0.39 0.78 0.76-0.81
Radiation sequence (reference: none)
 Before surgery 1.07 1.03-1.11 1.22 1.17-1.28 0.88 0.81-0.94
 Before and after surgery 1.24 0.97-1.58 1.40 1.07-1.83 0.92 0.55-1.54
 After surgery 1.15 1.05-1.26 1.20 1.08-1.34 1.12 0.94-1.33
 Given but sequence unknown 1.35 0.98-1.84 1.66 1.17-2.36 0.79 0.4-1.54

RR = relative risk.

a

Cox proportional hazard (all-cause) model.

b

Competing risk (death from lung cancer and death from competing causes) model.