Table 3.

Multivariate analysis for cause‐specific survival and overall survival

Covariates	Overall survival		Cause‐specific survival
	Haz. ratio (95% CI)	“P” value	Haz. ratio (95% CI)	“P” value
Age
Age < 60 y	ref		ref
Age ≥ 60 y	2.79 (2‐3.9)	<.001	1.79 (1.11‐2.89)	.02
Gender
Male	ref		ref
Female	0.78 (0.61‐1)	.06	0.7 (0.47‐1.05)	.09
Period of diagnosis
Prior to 1997	ref		ref
After 1997	0.81 (0.59‐1.12)	.20	0.54 (0.34‐0.86)	.01
Histology
DLBCL	ref		ref
Non‐DLBCL	0.71 (0.56‐0.9)	.01	0.64 (0.44‐0.94)	.02
Stage
I	ref		ref
II	1.06 (0.84‐1.35)	.61	1.56 (1.07‐2.27)	.02

Bold values denote P < .05.