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. 2018 Jun;10(6):3595–3608. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.06.09

Table S2. Univariate Cox PH analysis for the risk factors of lung cancer-specific death.

Variables Before After matching
HR 95% CI P value HR 95% CI P value
Pathology: IMA 0.852 0.732–0.993 0.04 1.007 0.845–1.201 0.934
Age (years) 1.011 1.01–1.013 <0.001 1.019 1.011–1.026 <0.001
Male sex 1.415 1.363–1.468 <0.001 1.618 1.387–1.889 <0.001
Race
   Black 1 1
   Other 0.819 0.746–0.899 <0.001 0.647 0.440–0.952 0.027
   White 0.972 0.909–1.039 0.397 0.859 0.669–1.104 0.235
Marriage
   Married/partner 1 1
   Separated 1.086 1.041–1.133 <0.001 1.001 0.842–1.211 0.919
   Single 1.008 0.947–1.074 0.797 1.093 0.851–1.403 0.487
   Unknown 0.899 0.805–1.005 0.060 1.800 0.499–1.284 0.355
Insurance status
   Insured 1 1
   Medicaid 1.246 1.132–1.371 <0.001 1.454 0.980–2.157 0.063
   Uninsured 1.050 0.850–1.297 0.652 0.826 0.205–3.326 0.788
   Unknown 1.482 1.423–1.543 <0.000 1.601 1.349–1.899 <0.001
Operation
   Lobectomy 1 1
   Pneumonectomy 2.347 2.178–2.529 <0.001 2.408 1.702–3.406 <0.001
   Segmentectomy 1.016 0.900–1.147 0.801 1.011 0.623–1.638 0.966
   Wedge 1.163 1.081–1.250 <0.001 1.534 1.183–1.989 0.001
Chemotherapy 1.932 1.858–2.008 <0.001 1.763 1.478–2.103 <0.001
Radiation 2.607 2.494–2.725 <0.001 2.663 2.119–3.348 <0.001
Treatment
   Surgery 1 1
   Surgery + CTx 1.669 1.588–1.753 <0.001 1.500 1.124–1.853 <0.001
   Surgery − RTx 3.070 2.838–3.321 <0.001 2.701 1.791–4.074 <0.001
   Trimodality 2.831 2.689–2.982 <0.001 2.905 2.222–3.798 <0.001
Grade
   Low (Grade I/II) 1 1
   High (Grade III/IV) 1.741 1.675–1.809 <0.001 1.551 1.309–1.837 <0.001
   Unknown 1.063 1.981–1.153 0.137 0.879 0.667–1.159 0.362
Laterality 0.851
   Left 1 1
   Right 0.947 0.912–0.983 0.005 0.985 0.842–1.152
   One side 1.353 0.507–3.605 0.546
Location
   Lower 1 1
   Middle 0.955 0.875–1.043 0.306 1.075 0.754–1.533 0.688
   Upper 0.789 0.844–0.916 <0.001 0.994 0.843–1.173 0.943
   Other 1.634 1.486–1.795 <0.001 1.872 1.288–2.721 0.001
SPN* 1.520 1.349–1.713 <0.001 1.156 0.634–2.108 0.636
Pleura involvement
   No Ref. 1
   Yes 1.815 1.646–2.002 <0.001 1.198 0.637–2.14 0.541
   No data 1.534 1.434–1.641 <0.001 1.631 1.172–2.27 0.004
Tumor size (mm)* 1.004 1.003–1.004 <0.001 1.003 1.003–1.004 <0.001
No. of LNs positive 1.088 1.085–1.091 <0.001 1.16 1.106–1.215 <0.001
No. of LNs resected 1.002 0.999–1.004 0.208 1.001 0.990–1.012 0.826
T stages [2000–2003]
   T1 1 1
   T2 1.809 1.685–1.943 <0.001 2.343 1.566–3.507 <0.001
   T3 2.843 2.490–3.247 <0.001 4.367 2.423–7.873 <0.001
   T4 2.981 2.693–3.300 <0.001 4.718 2.610–8.527 <0.001
T stages [2004–2009]
   T1 1 1
   T2 2.029 1.910–2.155 <0.001 2.727 2.122–3.504 <0.001
   T3 3.436 3.040–3.884 <0.001 4.246 2.726–6.614 <0.001
   T4 2.829 2.566–3.120 <0.001 2.845 1.802–4.490 <0.001
T stage [2010–2014]
   T1 1 1
   T2 2.111 1.892–2.355 <0.001 1.531 0.787–2.979 0.209
   T3 3.525 3.100–4.009 <0.001 4.503 2.376–8.533 <0.001
   T4 4.299 3.589–5.150 <0.001 2.944 0.674–12.859 0.151
N stages
   N0 1 1
   N1 2.850 2.718–2.987 <0.001 2.703 2.012–3.632 <0.001
   N2 3.390 3.238–3.549 <0.001 2.643 1.997–3.497 <0.001
   N3 4.592 3.634–5.803 <0.001
Stages [2000–2004]
   I 1 1
   II 2.640 2.415–2.886 <0.001 1.879 1.014–3.481 0.045
   IIIA 3.040 2.807–3.292 <0.001 2.533 1.755–3.656 <0.001
   IIIB 2.995 2.723–3.294 <0.001 2.799 1.703–4.601 <0.001
Stages [2004–2009]
   IA 1 1
   IB 1.943 1.794–2.105 <0.001 2.555 1.965–3.322 <0.001
   IIA 3.134 2.765–3.553 <0.001 3.3.66 1.061–10.679 0.039
   IIB 4.370 3.988–4.790 <0.001 5.122 3.578–7.333 <0.001
   IIIA 4.901 4.507–5.329 <0.001 4.723 2.909–7.667 <0.001
   IIIB 3.943 3.557–4.371 <0.001 2.950 1.863–4.673 <0.001
Stages [2010–2014]
   IA 1 1
   IB 2.042 1.745–2.389 <0.001 1.481 0.653–3.358 0.347
   II 8.912 2.218 –35.806 0.002
   IIA 4.127 3.517–4.843 <0.001 4.300 1.692–10.925 0.002
   IIB 4.193 3.542–4.964 <0.001 6.130 3.047–12.330 <0.001
   IIIA 6.617 5.773–7.584 <0.001 4.171 1.561–11.146 0.004
   IIIB 10.410 7.944–13.641 <0.001 18.765 2.395–147.02 0.005

*, data from the subset recorded from 2004; , data from the subset recorded from 2010. CI, confidence interval; CTx, chemotherapy; HR, hazards ratio; LN, lymph nodes; RTx, radiation; SPN, solitary pulmonary nodule.