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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2021 Mar 16;22(1):39–48. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.03.007

Table 2.

Point estimates and 95% CI for patient mortality at 1-year and 3-months, as well as independent ambulatory function* at 3- and 6-months by New England Spinal Metastasis Score (NESMS).

Outcome Proportion (%) 95% CI p-value
1-year Mortality <0.001
NESMS 0 93 78, 99 -
NESMS 1 69 55, 82 -
NESMS 2 45 34, 57 -
NESMS 3 13 5, 27 -
3-month Mortality <0.001
NESMS 0 60 41, 77 -
NESMS 1 41 27, 56 -
NESMS 2 8 3, 16 -
NESMS 3 4 1, 15 -
3-month Independent Ambulatory Function <0.001
NESMS 0 7 1,22 -
NESMS 1 14 6,27 -
NESMS 2 59 47, 70 -
NESMS 3 67 51, 80 -
6-month Independent Ambulatory Function <0.001
NESMS 0 10 2, 27 -
NESMS 1 12 5, 25 -
NESMS 2 40 29, 51 -
NESMS 3 53 38, 68 -
*-

Accounting for mortality as competing risk