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. 2019 Sep 3;18(5):4865–4881. doi: 10.3892/ol.2019.10792

Table V.

Survival functions of clinicopathological features stratified by surgery.

A. Non-surgery vs. surgery group

Non-surgery Surgery


Feature NE NEE NE NEE P-value
Age, years <0.01
  <40   2 2.0 NT NT NS
  ≥40, <50   6 6.2   4 3.8 0.91
  ≥50, <60   33 20.8   18 30.2 <0.01
  ≥60, <70   46 39.6   45 51.4 0.17
  ≥70, <80   53 39.8   39 52.2 <0.01
  ≥80, <90   19 15.5   9 12.5 0.17
  ≥90, <100   2 2.0 NT NT NS
Sex <0.01
  Male   65 54.0   53 64.0 0.04
  Female   96 71.3   62 86.7 <0.01
Race <0.01
  Hispanic   2 1.9   3 3.1 0.89
  AI/AN NT NT NT NT NS
  API   3 3.1   4 3.9 0.91
  African descent   9 8.1   8 8.9 0.66
  Caucasian 147 111.3 100 135.7 <0.01
Histology <0.01
  SCC, NOS 139 113.5   83 108.5 <0.01
  OCC   5 4.2   0 0.8 0.29
  SCC, IC   2 0.8   0 1.2 0.09
  CSCC   15 9.7   32 37.3 0.05
Grade (8) <0.01
  I   1 0.5   1 1.5 0.37
  II   3 2.0   4 5.0 0.42
  III   77 55.6   50 71.4 <0.01
  IV   80 69.5   60 70.5 0.07
T (8) <0.01
  T1a   56 34.5   30 51.5 <0.01
  T1b   42 36.8   18 23.2 0.16
  T2a   38 29.7   39 47.4 0.05
  T2b   15 15.1   4 3.9 0.96
  T3   7 9.1   18 15.9 0.36
  T4   3 2.5   6 6.5 0.68
N (8) <0.01
  0 100 68.6   50 81.4 <0.01
  1   22 24.3   32 29.7 0.49
  2   38 32.2   31 36.8 0.15
  3   1 1.8   2 1.2 0.31
Stage (8) <0.01
  IA   50 31.1   27 45.9 <0.01
  IB   31 20.8   13 23.2 <0.01
  IIA   32 32.0   24 24.0 1.00
  IIB   7 7.2   6 5.9 0.93
  IIIA   39 33.5   41 46.5 0.20
  IIIB   2 2.7   4 3.3 0.58

B, Sublobectomy vs. lobe/s group

Sub-lobectomy lobe/s


Feature NE NEE NE NEE P-value

Age, years 0.05
  <40 N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
  ≥40, <50   2 2.0 NT NT NS
  ≥50, <60   5 5.5   4 3.5 0.75
  ≥60, <70 12 9.6 10 12.4 0.30
  ≥70, <80 14 11.3 11 13.7 0.28
  ≥80, <90   7 4.0   1 4.1 0.03
  ≥90, <100 N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
Sex 0.06
  Male 17 14.9   8 10.1 0.38
  Female 23 17.7 18 23.3 0.09
Race 0.05
  Hispanic   1 1.0 NT NT NS
  AI/AN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
  API N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
  African descent   3 2.8   1 1.2 0.81
  Caucasian 36 28.4 25 32.6 0.05
Histology 0.04
  SCC, NOS 32 25.1 25 31.9 0.06
  OCC NT NT NT NT NS
  SCC, IC N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
  CSCC   8 6.8   1 2.2 0.36
Grade (8) 0.06
  I NT NT NT NT NS
  II   1 1.0   0 0.0 1.00
  III 18 14.5   9 12.5 0.17
  IV 21 17.0 17 21.0 0.19
T (8) 0.07
  T1a 14 10.7   7 10.4 0.52
  T1b   5 3.5   1 2.5 0.48
  T2a   5 1.0   7 11.0 0.22
  T2b   1 0.6   2 2.4 0.32
  T3 12 12.6   9 8.4 0.24
  T4   3 3.0 NT NT NS
N (8) 0.02
  0 22 16.2 11 16.8 0.04
  1   5 1.2   7 10.8 <0.001
  2 11 12.2   8 6.8 0.56
  3   2 2.0 NT NT NS
Stage (8) 0.02
  IA 14 10.7   7 10.4 0.14
  IB   5 3.5   1 2.5 0.20
  IIA   5 1.0   7 11.0 <0.01
  IIB   1 0.6   2 2.4 0.56
  IIIA 12 12.6   9 8.4 0.77
  IIIB   3 3.0 NT NT NS

C, Lobe/s vs. Pneumonectomy group

lobe/s Pneumonec-tomy


Feature NE NEE NE NEE P-value

Age, years 0.42
  <40 N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
  ≥40, <50 NT NT 1 1.0 NS
  ≥50, <60 0 0.0 1 1.0 1.00
  ≥60, <70 6 6.7 2 1.3 0.42
  ≥70, <80 NT NT NT NT NS
  ≥80, <90 NT NT NT NT NS
  ≥90, <100 N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
Sex 0.18
  Male 2 1.2 1 1.9 0.3
  Female 4 2.8 3 4.2 0.35
Race 0.24
  Hispanic NT NT NT NT NS
  AI/AN NT NT NT NT NS
  API 1 1.0 N/A N/A NS
  African descent 1 0.5 1 1.5 0.32
  Caucasian 4 2.9 3 4.1 0.39
Histology 0.70
  SCC, NOS 1 0.2 1 1.8 0.03
  OCC N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
  SCC, IC NT NT NT NT NS
  CSCC 5 5.3 3 2.7 0.80
Grade (8) 0.20
  I 1 1.0 NT NT NS
  II 1 0.8 1 1.3 0.71
  III 2 1.7 1 1.3 0.70
  IV 2 0.9 2 3.1 0.14
T (8) 0.31
  T1a NT NT NT NT NS
  T1b N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
  T2a 1 0.2 1 1.8 0.05
  T2b 0 0.0 1 1.0 1.00
  T3 3 2.9 1 1.1 0.91
  T4 2 1.7 1 1.3 0.69
N (8) 0.24
  0 0 0.5 2 1.6 0.45
  1 4 2.1 1 2.9 0.06
  2 2 1.8 1 1.2 0.78
  3 N/A N/A N/A N/A NS
Stage (8) 0.48
  IA NT NT NT NT NS
  IB 1 1.0 N/A N/A NS
  IIA 1 0.5 0 0.5 0.32
  IIB NT NT NT NT NS
  IIIA 4 3.6 3 3.4 0.74
  IIIB 1 1.0 NT NT NS

Lobe/s, lobectomy or bilobectomy; NP, Number of Patients; NE, Number of Events; NEE, Number of Expected Events; AI/AN, American Indian/Alaska Native; API, Asian or Pacific Islander; SCC, Small cell carcinoma; OCC, Oat cell carcinoma; IC, Intermediate cell; CSCC, Combined small cell carcinoma; NT, No test possible because of no failures observed; N/A, No observation in the database.