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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2019 Feb 5;18(2):e237–e243. doi: 10.1016/j.clcc.2018.12.005

Table 2.

Multivariable Cox Proportional Hazards Models for Overall Survival

Without Propensity Match With Propensity Match
Hazard of Death (95% CI) P Value Hazard of Death (95% CI) P Value
Pelvic radiotherapy
 Surgery alone Reference
 Surgery + XRT 0.72 (0.66–0.78) < .001 0.72 (0.67–0.78) < .001
Gender
 Male Reference
 Female 1.35 (1.23–1.48) < .001
Age, y
 ≤ 65 Reference
 > 65 1.35 (1.23–1.48) < .001
Insurance
 Insured Reference
 Uninsured 1.07 (0.90–1.28) .445 1.08 (0.90–1.28) .430
Income, $
 < 48,000 Reference
 ≥ 48,000 1.11 (1.03–1.21) .008 1.10 (1.01–1.19) .022
Facility
 Community Reference
 Academic 0.80 (0.73–0.87) < .001 0.78 (0.72–0.85) < .001
Population
 Metro/urban Reference
 Rural 1.08 (0.90–1.28) .445 1.13 (0.96–1.33) .159
Comorbidity score
 0 Reference
 ≥ 1 0.94 (0.84–1.04) .216 0.95 (0.85–1.05) .316
Clinical T stage
 T1/T2 Reference
 T3/T4 0.80 (0.88–1.18) .803
 Unknown 0.92 (0.96–1.30) .14
Clinical N stage
 N0 Reference
 N1 0.93 (0.84–1.03) .803
 N2 1.36 (1.20–1.54) .14
 Unknown 1.18 (1.05–1.32) .007
Grade
 1–2 Reference
 3 1.51 (1.37–1.67) < .001
Metastatic burden
 1 organ involved Reference
 Multiple organs involved 0.74 (0.67–0.80) < .001 0.73 (0.67–0.79) < .001

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; XRT = pelvic radiotherapy.