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. 2019 Feb;11(2):573–582. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.96

Table 3. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis for the overall survival and lung cancer-specific survival of SCLC patients with SPC being treated as a time-dependent covariate.

Factors OS LCSS
HR 95.0% CI P HR 95.0% CI P
Male (versus female) 1.241 1.229–1.253 0.000 1.212 1.200–1.225 0.000
Race (versus White)
     Black 0.987 0.973–1.001 0.065 0.973 0.958–0.988 0.000
     Others 0.756 0.742–0.769 0.000 0.744 0.729–0.758 0.000
Age (versus ≤60)
     61–70 1.098 1.084–1.112 0.000 1.070 1.056–1.084 0.000
     71–80 1.247 1.231–1.263 0.000 1.179 1.163–1.196 0.000
     >80 1.382 1.360–1.404 0.000 1.289 1.276–1.312 0.000
Differentiation (versus well differentiation)
     Moderate 1.344 1.310–1.379 0.000 0.642 0.625–0.660 0.000
     Poor 1.572 1.533–1.612 0.000 0.882 0.869–0.895 0.000
     Undifferentiated 1.654 1.582–1.728 0.000 1.049 1.037–1.062 0.000
     Unknown 1.504 1.467–1.542 0.000 1.101 1.057–1.146 0.000
Histology (versus squamous cell carcinoma)
     Adenocarcinoma 0.934 0.924–0.944 0.000 0.903 0.884–0.923 0.000
     Others 1.076 1.055–1.098 0.000 0.867 0.849–0.885 0.000
T–stage (versus T0)
     T1 0.759 0.707–0.815 0.000 0.833 0.773–0.898 0.000
     T2 1.103 1.029–1.184 0.006 0.586 0.573–0.600 0.006
     T3 1.416 1.318–1.521 0.000 0.927 0.909–0.945 0.000
     T4 1.485 1.385–0.593 0.000 1.214 1.183–1.245 0.000
     Tx 1.181 1.100–1.268 0.000 1.260 1.238–1.283 0.000
N–stage (versus N0)
     N1 1.361 1.337–1.386 0.000 0.701 0.685–0.716 0.000
     N2 1.483 1.464–1.502 0.000 1.008 0.982–1.034 0.566
     N3 1.490 1.465–1.516 0.000 1.093 1.070–1.116 0.000
     Nx 1.370 1.342–1.399 0.000 1.093 1.067–1.119 0.000
M–stage (versus M0)
     M1 1.793 1.774–1.814 0.000 0.932 0.905–0.960 0.000
     Mx 1.063 1.034–1.092 0.000 1.780 1.730–1.831 0.000
Other marriage status (versus married) 1.096 1.085–1.107 0.000 1.078 1.067–1.089 0.000
No radiation or unknown (versus radiation) 1.135 1.123–1.146 0.000 0.898 0.888–0.908 0.000
No chemotherapy or unknown (versus chemotherapy) 1.910 1.890–1.931 0.000 0.532 0.526–0.538 0.000
     Surgery (versus no surgery)
     Sublobectomy 0.431 0.420–0.442 0.000 1.217 1.139–1.301 0.000
     Lobectomy 0.285 0.280–0.290 0.000 0.491 0.457–0.528 0.000
     Pneumonectomy 0.405 0.388–0.422 0.000 0.312 0.291–0.334 0.000
     Surgery, NOS 0.464 0.420–0.511 0.000 0.467 0.431–0.507 0.000
     Unknown 0.830 0.781–0.883 0.000 0.568 0.501–0.644 0.000
SPC* (versus no SPC) 1.298 1.270–1.326 0.000 1.094 1.066–1.123 0.000

*, being treated as a time-dependent covariate. NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; SPC, second primary cancer; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; OS, overall survival; LCSS, lung cancer-specific survival.