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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Lung Cancer. 2018 Mar 9;19(4):e373–e379. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2018.01.007

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients, and univariate logistic regression analysis of clinical risk factors brain for metastasis

Variable N Brain Mets (%) Odds Ratio 95% CL 95% CU P
Age (decade) 457481 NA 0.672 0.667 0.678 <.001
Sex
M 237831 24861 (10.45) 1
F 219650 22685 (10.33) 0.987 0.968 1.006 0.165
Race
White 389631 39164 (10.05) 1
Black 50745 6068 (11.96) 1.215 1.181 1.251 <.001
Other/Unknown 17105 2314 (13.53) 1.401 1.339 1.465 <.001
Histology
Squamous 134046 6552 (4.89) 1
Adenocarcinoma 235341 30560 (12.99) 2.903 2.824 2.985 <.001
Large cell 5455 782 (14.34) 3.256 3.006 3.526 <.001
Others 82639 9652 (11.68) 2.573 2.490 2.658 <.001
Tumor size
0–3cm 177268 11682 (6.59) 1
3.1–5cm 104742 12013 (11.47) 1.836 1.788 1.886 <.001
>5cm 101799 13961 (13.71) 2.253 2.195 2.312 <.001
Unknown 73672 9890 (13.42) 2.198 2.137 2.261 <.001
Tumor grade
I 33830 762 (2.25) 1
II 98242 4475 (4.56) 2.071 1.916 2.238 <.001
III 128543 13908 (10.82) 5.264 4.889 5.668 <.001
IV 4737 572 (12.08) 5.959 5.322 6.672 <.001
Unknown 192129 27829 (14.48) 7.349 6.832 7.905 <.001
N stage
N0 204203 10441 (5.11) 1
N1 35147 4323 (12.3) 2.602 2.507 2.702 <.001
N2 124777 19210 (15.4) 3.377 3.293 3.462 <.001
N3 45366 7332 (16.16) 3.577 3.465 3.693 <.001
Unknown 47988 6240 (13) 2.773 2.683 2.867 <.001