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. 2009 Jul 8;2009(3):CD007303. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007303.pub2

23. Overall survival in chemotherapy trials, tests for interaction, univariate and multivariate models.

Overall survival inchemotherapy trials BivariateESA versus control MultivariateESA versus control
Interaction term ESA*sex ESA*sex
Adjusted for age, sex, Hb, tumor type
Patients excluded        
Patients included   n = 10441     n = 9892  
ESA versus control HR 95% CI P* HR 95% CI P*
Sex            
Male 0.96 0.87‐1.06 0.0370 0.97 0.87‐1.07 0.0362
Female 1.10 1.01‐1.21   1.12 1.02‐1.22  
Overall result, unadjusted 1.04 0.97‐1.11 1.04 0.97‐1.11

*P value LR test comparing model with and without interaction term