Table 6.

Multinominal Regression Analysis between Covariates and Hematological Toxicities

S.no	Co-variate	Anemia	Thrombocytopenia	Neutropenia
		P value - Odds (CI)	P value-Odds (CI)	P value-Odds (CI)
1	Age	0.5- 1 (0.4-2)	0.01 – 2.5 (0.4-5)	0.08 – 2.3 (0.8-6)
	a. <50	Ref	Ref	Ref
	b. >50
2	Sex
	a. Male	0.9 –1 (0.5-2.2)	0.9 – 1 (0.4-2.3)	0.1 – 0.8 (0.1-2)
	b. Female	Ref	Ref	Ref
3	Ethnicity
	a. Tamilian	0.4 - 0.6 (0.1-2.1)	0.5 – 1.4 (0.4-5)	0.7- 1.2 (0.2-6)
	b. Andhra	0.5 - 0.6 (0.1-2.4)	0.3 - 2 (0.4-9)	0.5 – 0.8 (0.1-3.5)
	c. North Indians	Ref	Ref	Ref
4	Performance
	a. 0-1	0.07 -1.7 (0.1-3)	0.2 – 1.2 (0.4-1.3)	0.6 – 0.9 (0.1-4)
	b. 2	0.1 - 0.9 (0.3-1.8)	0.1 - 1 (0.6-1.7)	0.1 – 1 (0.6-3)
	c. 3	Ref	Ref	Ref
5	Setting
	a. Adjuvant	0.5 – 1.4 (0.3-5)	0.9 – 1 (0.2-4)	0.2 – 1 (0.5-1.8)
	b. Palliative	Ref	Ref	Ref
6	Cancer
	a. Colon	0.2 – 1.5 (0.7-3)	0.4 – 1.3 (0.6-2)	0.5 – 1.3 (0.4-3)
	b. Rectum	Ref	Ref	Ref
7	Cancer stage
	a. II	0.3 – 0.5 (0.1-1.7)	0.6 – 1 (0.2-2)	0.8 – 1 (0.2 -4)
	b. III	0.9 – 0.9 (0.2-4)	0.9 – 1 (0.2-4)	0.2 – 1.5 (0.4- 5)
	c. IV	Ref	Ref	Ref

Ref, Reference; *, Significant