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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2018 Jun 30;84:12–19. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.06.022

Table 2.

Overall Survival.

Kaplan-Meier Cox UVA Cox MVA

OS2 (%) 95%CI (%) p HR 95%CI p (class) HR 95%CI p (class) p (variable)
Diabetes/Metformin Category D + M 73.4 64.7–80.3 < 0.01 . . . . . . 0.11
nD 65.6 62.8–68.3 . 1.37 0.96–1.96 0.08 1.13 0.78–1.65 0.53 .
DnM 57.7 52.5–62.5 . 1.79 1.23–2.60 < 0.01 1.36 0.92–2.00 0.12 .
Age 66–69 72.5 67.8–76.6 < 0.01 . . . . . . < 0.01
70–74 73.6 69.3–77.4 . 0.96 0.74–1.24 0.75 1.06 0.82–1.38 0.65 .
75+ 55.0 51.5–58.4 . 1.87 1.51–2.32 < 0.01 2.06 1.64–2.59 < 0.01 .
Sex Male 66.0 62.9–68.9 0.13 . . . . . . 0.43
Female 62.2 58.4–65.7 . 1.13 0.96–1.33 0.13 1.08 0.90–1.29 0.43 .
Race/Ethnicity White Non-Hispanic 65.1 62.5–67.6 0.30 . . . . . . 0.40
Non-White or Hispanic 61.6 56.1–66.6 . 1.11 0.91–1.35 0.30 0.91 0.73–1.13 0.40 .
Marital Status Married 72.7 69.3–75.7 < 0.01 . . . . . . < 0.01
Non-Married 57.4 54.1–60.6 . 1.74 1.47–2.06 < 0.01 1.43 1.19–1.72 < 0.01 .
Geographic Region West 64.0 60.4–67.4 0.40 . . . . . . 0.48
East 66.1 60.2–71.3 . 0.94 0.74–1.19 0.63 0.81 0.62–1.07 0.14 .
Midwest 68.8 62.0–74.6 . 0.86 0.66–1.13 0.29 0.88 0.64–1.21 0.43 .
South 61.9 57.3–66.2 . 1.08 0.89–1.32 0.41 0.88 0.70–1.11 0.28 .
Population Density Metropolitan 64.8 62.2–67.4 0.35 . . . . . . 0.67
Non-Metropolitan 62.8 57.4–67.6 . 1.10 0.90–1.33 0.36 0.95 0.75–1.20 0.67 .
Year of Diagnosis 2008 62.8 57.8–67.5 0.64 . . . . . . 0.37
2009 64.0 59.0–68.5 . 0.95 0.75–1.20 0.67 0.94 0.74–1.19 0.60 .
2010 63.7 58.7–68.2 . 0.97 0.77–1.22 0.79 1.00 0.79–1.26 0.97 .
2011 66.6 62.2–70.6 . 0.87 0.69–1.09 0.23 0.83 0.66–1.05 0.12 .
Primary Site Oral Cavity 68.1 64.9–71.2 < 0.01 . . . . . . 0.06
Oropharynx 62.4 58.3–66.2 . 1.24 1.04–1.49 0.02 0.75 0.60–0.95 0.02 .
Other 55.8 49.0–61.9 . 1.54 1.23–1.94 < 0.01 0.87 0.67–1.13 0.29 .
T-Classification T0–1 80.3 76.4–83.6 < 0.01 . . . . . . < 0.01
T2 64.0 59.6–68.1 . 2.00 1.55–2.57 < 0.01 2.00 1.10–3.64 0.02 .
T3–4 47.3 42.7–51.8 . 3.48 2.74–4.42 < 0.01 5.67 3.21–10.0 < 0.01 .
Unknown 67.4 60.8–73.2 . 1.88 1.38–2.55 < 0.01 4.31 2.22–8.37 < 0.01 .
N-Classification N0 71.8 68.7–74.6 < 0.01 . . . . . . < 0.01
N1 56.2 50.2–61.8 . 1.72 1.39–2.14 < 0.01 1.58 1.24–2.01 < 0.01 .
N2–3 54.7 50.0–59.2 . 1.80 1.50–2.17 < 0.01 1.78 1.42–2.25 < 0.01 .
Comorbidity Index 0 70.5 67.6–73.2 < 0.01 . . . . . . < 0.01
1+ 54.0 50.0–57.9 . 1.80 1.53–2.12 < 0.01 1.69 1.42–2.01 < 0.01 .
Tract % High School Only ≤ Median 66.8 63.5–69.9 0.02 . . . . . . 0.02
> Median 62.0 58.6–65.2 . 1.21 1.02–1.42 0.02 1.29 1.05–1.59 0.02 .
Tract % Below Poverty ≤ Median 68.2 64.9–71.3 < 0.01 . . . . . . 0.45
> Median 60.6 57.2–63.8 . 1.32 1.12–1.55 < 0.01 1.08 0.89–1.30 0.45 .
Teaching Hospital No or Unknown 61.1 57.5–64.5 0.01 . . . . . . 0.02
Yes 67.1 64.0–70.1 . 0.80 0.68–0.95 0.01 0.81 0.68–0.96 0.02 .
Surgery No 51.9 48.0–55.6 < 0.01 . . . . . . < 0.01
Yes 73.1 70.2–75.7 . 0.48 0.40–0.56 < 0.01 0.54 0.43–0.67 < 0.01 .
Chemotherapy No 69.0 65.8–71.9 < 0.01 . . . . . . 0.35
Yes 58.9 55.2–62.3 . 1.40 1.19–1.64 < 0.01 0.90 0.72–1.12 0.35 .
Radiotherapy No 74.2 70.5–77.6 < 0.01 . . . . . . < 0.01
Yes 59.1 56.1–62.0 . 1.70 1.41–2.04 < 0.01 0.43 0.28–0.65 < 0.01 .
ACEi or ARB No 61.2 58.2–64.0 < 0.01 . . . . . . 0.51
Yes 70.4 66.5–73.9 . 0.73 0.61–0.88 < 0.01 1.13 0.78–1.65 0.51 .
Statin No 60.3 57.3–63.2 < 0.01 . . . . . . 0.01
Yes 71.8 68.0–75.3 . 0.66 0.55–0.79 < 0.01 0.75 0.62–0.93 0.01 .
HTN/CKD No 67.8 62.9–72.1 0.07 . . . . . . 0.15
Yes 63.3 60.6–65.9 . 1.20 0.98–1.46 0.07 1.18 0.94–1.48 0.15 .
HLD No 58.7 54.5–62.7 < 0.01 . . . . . . 0.05
Yes 67.2 64.4–69.9 . 0.75 0.63–0.88 < 0.01 0.82 0.68–1.00 0.05 .

Abbreviations: OS2, 2-year overall survival; 95%CI, 95% confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; UVA, univariate analysis; MVA, multivariate analysis; nD, non-diabetic; DnM, diabetic not taking metformin; D + M diabetic taking metformin; ACEi, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotension II receptor blocker; HTN, hypertension; CKD, chronic kidney disease; HLD, hyperlipidemia.