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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Jun 15;45(12):E742–E751. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003406

Table 3:

Multivariable analysis to identify risk factors associated with overall survival (a). Individual treatment comparisons were evaluated within the multivariate model to identify how treatment independently impacted survival (b).

a)
Parameter HR (95% CI) P value
Age (years)
<45 Reference
45–60 1.17 (0.85, 1.62) 0.337
>60 2.25 (1.60, 3.16) <0.001*
Comorbidity Score ≥ 2 1.64 (1.01, 2.66) 0.044*
Community / Network Facility vs Academic 1.46 (1.14, 1.85) 0.002*
Income below median 1.19 (0.95, 1.48) 0.125
Insurance
Private Reference
Government 1.71 (1.27, 2.31) <0.001*
Not Insured 1.87 (1.02, 3.45) 0.044*
Race
White Reference
Asian 0.82 (0.48, 1.39) 0.457
Black 0.76 (0.46, 1.26) 0.282
Other 0.60 (0.32, 1.15) 0.124
Male Sex 1.13 (0.91, 1.41) 0.253
Tumor Size ≥ 5 cm 1.52 (1.16, 1.99) 0.002*
Metastatic 3.08 (1.86, 5.11) <0.001*
Margins
Negative Reference
Positive 1.54 (1.11, 2.13) 0.011*
No Surgery 2.06 (1.52, 2.78) <0.001*
RT Modality: Dose (Gy)
None Reference
Advanced: <40 1.33 (0.56, 3.15) 0.512
Advanced: 40–65 1.10 (0.72, 1.68) 0.666
Advanced: >65 0.78 (0.52, 1.18) 0.241
Advanced: SRS 0.91 (0.58, 1.42) 0.666
Conventional: <40 1.80 (1.10, 2.93) 0.019*
Conventional: 40–65 1.25 (0.88, 1.77) 0.221
Conventional: >65 1.02 (0.58, 1.80) 0.945
b)
Comparison HR (95% CI) P value
RT: Advanced >40 Gy vs Conventional 0.71(0.49, 1.02) 0.061
RT: Advanced >65 Gy vs Conventional 0.60 (0.38, 0.93) 0.024*
RT: Advanced >65 Gy vs Conventional ≤65 Gy 0.52 (0.33, 0.84) 0.007*
RT Advanced: >65 Gy vs ≤65 Gy 0.65 (0.35, 1.19) 0.161
RT Dose: >65 Gy vs ≤65 Gy 0.67 (0.43, 1.03) 0.071
RT Modality: Advanced vs Conventional 0.77 (0.53, 1.11) 0.164
RT: No vs. Yes 0.88 (0.69, 1.12) 0.315
Surgery: No vs. Yes 1.66 (1.28, 2.15) <0.001
*

Statistical Significance

Note: RT=Radiation Therapy.

*

Statistical Significance