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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2018 Aug 3;10(2):265–271. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2018.07.008

Table 2.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of inflammatory markers for lung cancer (Cases n=89)

Log-Transformed T1 T2 T3
CRP (ug/mL), N Cases 718 (26) 715 (21) 716 (39)
Baseline
 Model 1 1.09 (0.97, 1.22) 1.00 0.86 (0.49, 1.54) 1.85 (1.11, 3.08)
 Model 2 1.03 (0.92, 1.15) 1.00 0.94 (0.52, 1.69) 1.53 (0.88, 2.65)
Cumulative Averaged
 Model 1 1.12 (0.95, 1.33) 1.00 0.83 (0.48, 1.45) 1.55 (0.96, 2.51)
 Model 2 1.04 (0.88, 1.24) 1.00 0.82 (0.47, 1.45) 1.24 (0.74, 2.10)
Time-Updated
 Model 1 1.12 (0.95, 1.33) 1.00 0.89 (0.52, 1.54) 1.46 (0.89, 2.40)
 Model 2 1.04 (0.88, 1.24) 1.00 0.84 (0.48, 1.49) 1.21 (0.70, 2.06)
IL-6 (pg/mL), Cases 734 (17) 735 (23) 734 (46)
Baseline
 Model 1 1.29 (1.04, 1.60) 1.00 1.41 (0.75, 2.64) 3.34 (1.91, 5.85)
 Model 2 1.18 (0.98, 1.41) 1.00 1.34 (0.70, 2.55) 2.57 (1.41, 4.65)
Cumulative Averaged
 Model 1 1.43 (1.09, 1.89) 1.00 1.15 (0.60, 2.19) 2.47 (1.41, 4.35)
 Model 2 1.18 (0.88, 1.58) 1.00 0.81 (0.41, 1.61) 1.78 (0.97, 3.24)
Time-Updated
 Model 1 1.43 (1.09, 1.89) 1.00 1.28 (0.69, 2.36) 2.47 (1.43, 4.28)
 Model 2 1.18 (0.88, 1.58) 1.00 0.97 (0.52, 1.83) 1.71 (0.96, 3.05)
TNF-α (pg/mL), Cases 721 (20) 720 (32) 720 (28)
Baseline
 Model 1 0.96 (0.88, 1.05) 1.00 1.64 (0.94, 2.89) 1.59 (0.89, 2.85)
 Model 2 0.97 (0.88, 1.06) 1.00 1.76 (0.96, 3.24) 1.82 (0.96, 3.42)

Model 1: Adjusted for age in years, race, gender, site

Model 2: Adjusted for age in years, race, gender, site, smoking, history of pulmonary conditions, NSAID use,

body mass index, alcohol consumption, history of cardiovascular disease