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. 2020 Mar;12(3):592–604. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.12.121

Table S6. Cox regression analysis of associations prognostic factors and OS in the IPTW cohort.

Characteristic Univariate Multivariate
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Year of diagnosis (year)
   2004–2006 Reference
   2007–2009 0.979 (0.849–1.128) 0.765
   2010–2013 1.030 (0.890–1.192) 0.691
Age group (year)
   37–64 Reference
   65–73 1.456 (1.269–1.671) <0.001 1.518 (1.314–1.753) <0.001
   74–96 1.974 (1.719–2.267) <0.001 1.833 (1.572–2.138) <0.001
Insurance status
   None Reference
   Yes 1.895 (0.865–4.151) 0.110
   Unknown 1.773 (0.806–3.904) 0.155
Sex
   Male Reference
   Female 0.576 (0.517–0.643) <0.001 0.562 (0.498–0.634) <0.001
Race
   Black Reference
   White 1.960 (1.605–2.393) <0.001 2.112 (1.706–2.613) <0.001
   Others 0.450 (0.327–0.620) <0.001 0.561 (0.394–0.800) 0.001
Cost-of-living index
   ≤1 Reference
   >1 0.737 (0.657–0.827) <0.001 NS
Marital status
   Single Reference
   Married 0.655 (0.545–0.788) <0.001 0.627 (0.518–0.758) <0.001
   Divorced/separated 0.551 (0.434–0.701) <0.001 0.612 (0.475–0.789) <0.001
   Others 0.746 (0.606–0.917) <0.001 0.699 (0.560–0.871) 0.001
Laterality
   Right Reference
   Left 0.943 (0.807–1.102) 0.460
Lobe
   Upper Reference
   Middle 0.545 (0.416–0.713) <0.001 0.659 (0.495–0.879) 0.005
   Lower 0.706 (0.621–0.802) <0.001 0.867 (0.758–0.992) 0.037
   Others/unknown 0.526 (0.295–0.940) 0.030 0.631 (0.351–1.134) 0.124
Differentiation
   Well Reference
   Moderate 1.570 (1.309–1.883) <0.001 1.420 (1.171–1.721) <0.001
   Poor 1.252 (1.034–1.515) 0.021 1.406 (1.145–1.726) 0.001
   Unknown 0.944 (0.628–1.419) 0.781 0.842 (0.555–1.277) 0.419
Pathological type
   Adenocarcinoma Reference
   Squamous carcinoma 1.529 (1.337–1.749) <0.001 1.178 (1.023–1.356) 0.022
Lymphadenectomy/biopsy
   None Reference
   Yes 0.511 (0.448–0.583) <0.001 0.569 (0.454–0.713) <0.001
Number of LNs sampled
   None/unknown Reference
   1–3 0.687 (0.583–0.810) <0.001 NS
   4–6 0.582 (0.493–0.687) <0.001 NS
   7–9 0.894 (0.758–1.054) 0.184 NS
   10–12 0.376 (0.287–0.493) <0.001 NS
   ≥13 0.418 (0.350–0.499) <0.001 NS
Radiation
   None/unknown Reference
   Yes 0.846 (0.647–1.105) 0.220
Chemotherapy
   None/unknown Reference
   Yes 0.601 (0.499–0.724) <0.001 NS
Surgery
   Sub Reference
   Lob 0.796(0.714–0.888) <0.001 0.724(0.646–0.812) <0.001

HRs are only reported on multivariate analysis if they remained significant. IPTW, inverse probability of treatment weighted; OS, overall survival; Sub, sublobectomy; Lob, lobectomy; LN, lymph node; HR, Hazard ratio; CIs, confidence intervals; NS, not significant.