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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2019 Dec;270(6):1161–1169. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002772

Table 2:

Univariable and multivariable competing risk regression for noncancer-specific death after propensity score matching

Univariable analysis
Final multivariable model
Variables SHR 95% CI P SHR 95% CI P
Year of surgery (per 1 year increase) 0.97 0.88–1.08 0.6
Age at surgery (per 1 year increase) 1.06 1.00–1.12 0.04 1.07 1.01–1.14 0.030
Male (vs. female) 3.22 1.57–6.60 0.001 3.88 1.78–8.44 <0.001
Smoking history (vs. never)
Former 0.95 0.39–2.33 0.9
Current 1.41 0.45–4.42 0.6
COPD history (vs. none) 1.08 0.50–2.32 0.9
CVD history (vs. none) 2.32 1.2–4.5 0.012
DM history (vs. none) 1.56 0.68–3.55 0.3
BMI (per 1 index increase) 1.04 0.98–1.09 0.2
Serum creatinine (per 1mg/dL increase) 4.35 2.07–9.13 <0.001
ppoFEV1 (per 1% increase) 0.99 0.97–1.01 0.2
ppoDLCO (per 1% increase) 0.98 0.96–0.99 0.013 0.98 0.96–1.00 0.022
Resected lobe (vs. RUL)
RML 1.02 0.23–4.55 1.0
RLL 0.88 0.32–2.42 0.8
LUL 1.37 0.63–3.00 0.4
LLL 1.17 0.42–3.31 0.8
Thoracotomy (vs. MIS) 2.35 1.15–4.81 0.020 2.43 1.18–5.01 0.017
Histologic subtypes (vs. adenocarcinoma)
Squamous 2.15 1.0–4.6 0.049
Adenosquamous 2.7 0.65–11.18 0.17
Large 1.22 0.19–7.71 0.8
p-Stage (vs. I)
II 2.18 1.05–4.53 0.037 2.47 1.16–5.27 0.019
III 1.53 0.53–4.41 0.4 1.55 0.53–4.57 0.4
Adjuvant chemotherapy (vs. none) 0.94 0.39–2.30 0.18

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DLCO, diffusion capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide; DM, diabetes mellitus; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; LLL, left lower lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; ppo, predictive postoperative; p-Stage, pathologic stage; SHR, subhazard ratio