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. 2021 Dec 10;14:9567–9588. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S338250

Table 2.

Overall Comparison and Pairwise Comparison of Each Group in Kaplan–Meier Survival Analysis

Comparison Type Comparative Factor Log Rank (Mantel-Cox) Breslow (Generalized Wilcoxon) Tarone-Ware
Chi Square Sig. Chi Square Sig. Chi Square Sig.
Overall comparison Sex 3,119.588 0.000 2,577.577 0.000 2,934.977 0.000
Age 36,486.760 0.000 33,627.846 0.000 34,681.780 0.000
Race 1,300.355 0.000 1,210.942 0.000 1,311.907 0.000
Origin recode NHIA 10.506 0.001 0.624 0.429 0.323 0.570
Median household income inflation adj to 2019 3,119.588 0.000 2,577.577 0.000 2,934.977 0.000
Rural-Urban Continuum Code 1,952.945 0.000 1,397.391 0.000 1,696.331 0.000
Primary site 56,749.667 0.000 57,432.600 0.000 59,443.510 0.000
Histologic type (ICD-O-3) 82,913.123 0.000 79,928.300 0.000 84,548.100 0.000
Year of diagnosis 7,532.042 0.000 5,692.115 0.000 6,834.910 0.000
Summary stage 240,670.146 0.000 219,186.158 0.000 239,656.003 0.000
Pairwise comparison Sex
Female vs Male 9,473.321 0.000 7,344.132 0.000 8,697.481 0.000
Age
< 45 years vs 45–54 years 658.146 0.000 451.420 0.000 535.237 0.000
< 45 years vs 55–64 years 1,186.997 0.000 755.752 0.000 891.847 0.000
< 45 years vs 65–74 years 2,134.621 0.000 1,209.475 0.000 1,450.388 0.000
< 45 years vs 75–84 years 5,280.355 0.000 3,281.758 0.000 3,847.412 0.000
< 45 years vs ≥ 85 years 9,405.387 0.000 7,374.587 0.000 8,275.701 0.000
45–54 years vs 55–64 years 168.537 0.000 131.890 0.000 125.492 0.000
45–54 years vs 65–74 years 1,135.723 0.000 766.972 0.000 783.114 0.000
45–54 years vs 75–84 years 7,332.664 0.000 5,949.599 0.000 6,199.769 0.000
45–54 years vs≥ 85 years 16,522.957 0.000 16,185.395 0.000 16,484.200 0.000
55–64 years vs 65–74 years 734.202 0.000 495.365 0.000 520.272 0.000
55–64 years vs 75–84 years 9,978.407 0.000 8,503.476 0.000 8,906.353 0.000
55–64 years vs≥ 85 years 21,880.320 0.000 21,656.557 0.000 22,006.761 0.000
65–74 years vs 75–84 years 7,052.078 0.000 6,213.807 0.000 6,581.952 0.000
65–74 years vs≥ 85 years 19,673.925 0.000 19,042.105 0.000 19,640.948 0.000
75–84 years vs ≥ 85 years 6,915.700 0.000 6,358.064 0.000 6,757.770 0.000
Race
White vs Black 278.487 0.000 106.505 0.000 189.853 0.000
White vs Asian and other races 918.554 0.000 1,032.227 0.000 1,028.928 0.000
Black vs Asian and other races 1,325.507 0.000 1,162.642 0.000 1,310.095 0.000
Origin recode NHIA
Non-Spanish-Hispanic-Latino vs Spanish-Hispanic-Latino 10.506 0.001 0.624 0.429 0.323 0.570
Median household income inflation adj to 2019
 < $35,000 vs $35,000-$44,999 42.062 0.000 33.672 0.000 40.737 0.000
 < $35,000 vs $45,000-$54,999 85.564 0.000 68.062 0.000 81.767 0.000
 < $35,000 vs $55,000-$64,999 230.631 0.000 172.090 0.000 206.247 0.000
 < $35,000 vs $65,000-$74,999 431.627 0.000 337.420 0.000 396.074 0.000
 < $35,000 vs $75,000+ 811.362 0.000 684.642 0.000 774.900 0.000
 < $35,000 vs Others 2.197 0.138 4.895 0.027 4.144 0.042
 $35,000-$44,999 vs $45,000-$54,999 16.965 0.000 12.927 0.000 15.542 0.000
 $35,000-$44,999 vs $55,000-$64,999 214.341 0.000 144.686 0.000 176.486 0.000
 $35,000-$44,999 vs $65,000-$74,999 588.760 0.000 440.256 0.000 520.033 0.000
 $35,000-$44,999 vs $75,000+ 1,464.530 0.000 1,219.404 0.000 1,378.889 0.000
 $35,000-$44,999 vs Others 1.005 0.316 3.174 0.075 2.395 0.122
 $45,000-$54,999 vs $55,000-$64,999 176.365 0.000 107.494 0.000 134.260 0.000
 $45,000-$54,999 vs $65,000-$74,999 636.716 0.000 461.262 0.000 549.033 0.000
 $45,000-$54,999 vs $75,000+ 1,882.057 0.000 1,547.162 0.000 1,755.248 0.000
 $45,000-$54,999 vs Others 0.699 0.403 2.703 0.100 1.938 0.164
 $55,000-$64,999 vs $65,000-$74,999 177.901 0.000 155.032 0.000 175.937 0.000
 $55,000-$64,999 vs $75,000+ 1,064.955 0.000 995.599 0.000 1,088.148 0.000
 $55,000-$64,999 vs Others 0.219 0.640 1.752 0.186 1.068 0.301
 $65,000-$74,999 vs $75,000+ 314.574 0.000 308.995 0.000 328.720 0.000
 $65,000-$74,999 vs Others 0.007 0.933 0.987 0.321 0.450 0.502
 $75,000+ vs Others 0.160 0.690 0.267 0.605 0.029 0.864
Rural-Urban Continuum Code
Counties in metropolitan areas greater than 1 million population vs Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 1 million population 154.789 0.000 89.246 0.000 118.829 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas greater than 1 million population vs Counties in metropolitan areas of less than 250 thousand population 489.541 0.000 339.405 0.000 414.594 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas greater than 1 million population vs Nonmetropolitan counties adjacent to a metropolitan area 898.955 0.000 628.695 0.000 771.331 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas greater than 1 million population vs Nonmetropolitan counties not adjacent to a metropolitan area 1,002.371 0.000 758.392 0.000 899.192 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas greater than 1 million population vs Others 22.407 0.000 9.820 0.002 15.310 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 1 million population vs Counties in metropolitan areas of less than 250 thousand population 132.516 0.000 103.077 0.000 119.878 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 1 million population vs Nonmetropolitan counties adjacent to a metropolitan area 343.469 0.000 256.190 0.000 307.174 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 1 million population vs Nonmetropolitan counties not adjacent to a metropolitan area 471.405 0.000 381.350 0.000 441.650 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 to 1 million population vs Others 12.395 0.000 4.685 0.030 7.959 0.005
Counties in metropolitan areas of less than 250 thousand population vs Nonmetropolitan counties adjacent to a metropolitan area 36.154 0.000 24.804 0.000 31.550 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas of less than 250 thousand population vs Nonmetropolitan counties not adjacent to a metropolitan area 102.205 0.000 84.179 0.000 98.169 0.000
Counties in metropolitan areas of less than 250 thousand population vs Others 3.187 0.074 0.355 0.551 1.314 0.252
Nonmetropolitan counties adjacent to a metropolitan area vs Nonmetropolitan County not adjacent to a metropolitan area 21.335 0.000 21.435 0.000 22.933 0.000
Nonmetropolitan counties adjacent to a metropolitan area vs Others 0.529 0.467 0.090 0.764 0.022 0.882
Nonmetropolitan counties not adjacent to a metropolitan area vs Others 0.031 0.860 1.436 0.231 0.617 0.432
Primary site
Right upper lobe vs Right middle lobe 162.922 0.000 80.685 0.000 116.572 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Right lower lobe 54.723 0.000 68.757 0.000 64.783 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Left upper lobe 168.685 0.000 76.857 0.000 122.258 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Left lower lobe 19.496 0.000 15.767 0.000 19.963 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Main bronchus 10,216.526 0.000 10,257.262 0.000 10,769.433 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Over lapping lesion of lung 595.338 0.000 829.226 0.000 770.682 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Lung, NOS 37,093.583 0.000 36,323.045 0.000 38,235.231 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Others 699.934 0.000 612.111 0.000 668.653 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Right lower lobe 263.986 0.000 173.472 0.000 217.803 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Left upper lobe 383.715 0.000 183.845 0.000 276.207 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Left lower lobe 203.992 0.000 112.926 0.000 158.356 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Main bronchus 6,517.198 0.000 5,704.728 0.000 6,423.992 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Over lapping lesion of lung 779.740 0.000 877.108 0.000 882.311 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Lung, NOS 13,575.417 0.000 11,318.686 0.000 13,058.521 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Others 827.004 0.000 682.774 0.000 765.542 0.000
Right lower lobe vs Left upper lobe 13.780 0.000 0.580 0.446 2.000 0.157
Right lower lobe vs Left lower lobe 4.529 0.033 10.831 0.001 6.940 0.008
Right lower lobe vs Main bronchus 7,741.953 0.000 7,473.661 0.000 8,027.688 0.000
Right lower lobe vs Over lapping lesion of lung 446.655 0.000 621.232 0.000 581.078 0.000
Right lower lobe vs Lung, NOS 23,928.595 0.000 22,385.509 0.000 24,235.716 0.000
Right lower lobe vs Others 609.686 0.000 513.797 0.000 571.712 0.000
Left upper lobe vs Left lower lobe 33.598 0.000 8.632 0.003 17.905 0.000
Left upper lobe vs Main bronchus 8,554.529 0.000 8,966.598 0.000 9,271.170 0.000
Left upper lobe vs Over lapping lesion of lung 419.865 0.000 684.012 0.000 599.494 0.000
Left upper lobe vs Lung, NOS 30,093.214 0.000 30,515.243 0.000 31,760.602 0.000
Left upper lobe vs Others 604.525 0.000 551.023 0.000 591.460 0.000
Left lower lobe vs Main bronchus 7,605.617 0.000 7,473.549 0.000 7,956.885 0.000
Left lower lobe vs Over lapping lesion of lung 487.337 0.000 692.059 0.000 636.294 0.000
Left lower lobe vs Lung, NOS 21,655.850 0.000 20,479.488 0.000 22,098.264 0.000
Left lower lobe vs Others 639.715 0.000 558.856 0.000 611.053 0.000
Main bronchus vs Over lapping lesion of lung 574.941 0.000 374.213 0.000 491.592 0.000
Main bronchus vs Lung, NOS 482.626 0.000 590.283 0.000 555.427 0.000
Main bronchus vs Others 1.595 0.207 8.097 0.004 5.825 0.016
Over lapping lesion of lung vs Lung, NOS 1,416.129 0.000 1,047.110 0.000 1,270.005 0.000
Over lapping lesion of lung vs Others 122.072 0.000 55.546 0.000 83.040 0.000
Lung, NOS vs Others 52.256 0.000 91.285 0.000 79.609 0.000
Right upper lobe vs Other single lobes 71.499 0.000 53.158 0.000 66.958 0.000
Right middle lobe vs Other single lobes 284.671 0.000 149.788 0.000 212.357 0.000
Right lower lobe vs Other single lobes 21.601 0.000 43.991 0.000 32.919 0.000
Left upper lobe vs Other single lobes 174.418 0.000 57.640 0.000 108.889 0.000
Left lower lobe vs Other single lobes 0.963 0.326 1.070 0.301 1.432 0.231
Main bronchus vs Single lobes 11,026.346 0.000 11,283.718 0.000 11,727.875 0.000
Over lapping lesion of lung vs Single lobes 547.887 0.000 786.542 0.000 722.280 0.000
Lung, NOS vs Single lobes 50,039.338 0.000 51,295.080 0.000 52,602.027 0.000
Histologic type (ICD-O-3)
Neoplasia, NAS vs Epithelial neoplasms, NAS 3,757.214 0.000 7,408.176 0.000 5,986.605 0.000
Neoplasia, NAS vs Squamous cell neoplasms 20,217.196 0.000 27,516.738 0.000 25,146.774 0.000
Neoplasia, NAS vs Adenoma and adenocarcinomas 35,445.959 0.000 40,577.637 0.000 39,259.802 0.000
Neoplasia, NAS vs Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms 6,149.905 0.000 6,029.979 0.000 6,450.057 0.000
Neoplasia, NAS vs Acinous cell neoplasm 11,950.640 0.000 10,107.204 0.000 11,760.036 0.000
Neoplasia, NAS vs Complex epithelial neoplasms 4,939.508 0.000 5,491.534 0.000 5,632.441 0.000
Neoplasia, NAS vs Others 1,961.725 0.000 1,547.515 0.000 1,799.985 0.000
Epithelial neoplasms, NAS vs Squamous cell neoplasms 18,051.629 0.000 18,642.122 0.000 19,723.395 0.000
Epithelial neoplasms, NAS vs Adenoma and adenocarcinomas 52,956.139 0.000 43,604.909 0.000 49,887.906 0.000
Epithelial neoplasms, NAS vs Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms 3,920.902 0.000 2,832.710 0.000 3,530.938 0.000
Epithelial neoplasms, NAS vs Acinous cell neoplasm 9,902.939 0.000 8,306.628 0.000 9,832.557 0.000
Epithelial neoplasms, NAS vs Complex epithelial neoplasms 2,880.374 0.000 2,512.595 0.000 2,904.016 0.000
Neoplasia, NAS vs Complex epithelial neoplasms 4,939.508 0.000 5,491.534 0.000 5,632.441 0.000
Epithelial neoplasms, NAS vs Others 1,183.182 0.000 575.683 0.000 841.398 0.000
Squamous cell neoplasms vs Adenoma and adenocarcinomas 4,324.050 0.000 2,002.280 0.000 2,974.305 0.000
Squamous cell neoplasms vs Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms 526.311 0.000 232.401 0.000 355.225 0.000
Squamous cell neoplasms vs Acinous cell neoplasm 5,171.203 0.000 4,982.770 0.000 5,383.737 0.000
Squamous cell neoplasms vs Complex epithelial neoplasms 246.850 0.000 171.523 0.000 210.048 0.000
Squamous cell neoplasms vs Others 211.562 0.000 15.811 0.000 64.762 0.000
Adenoma and adenocarcinomas vs Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms 9.479 0.002 4.511 0.034 6.611 0.010
Adenoma and adenocarcinomas vs Acinous cell neoplasm 3,429.157 0.000 3,748.082 0.000 3,805.019 0.000
Adenoma and adenocarcinomas vs Complex epithelial neoplasms 14.960 0.000 0.000 0.991 2.697 0.101
Adenoma and adenocarcinomas vs Others 10.571 0.001 7.914 0.005 0.424 0.515
Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms vs Acinous cell neoplasm 2,508.321 0.000 3,023.062 0.000 2,957.332 0.000
Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms vs Complex epithelial neoplasms 24.420 0.000 2.074 0.150 8.732 0.003
Cystic, mucinous and serous neoplasms vs Others 0.961 0.327 12.862 0.000 3.988 0.046
Acinous cell neoplasm vs Complex epithelial neoplasms 2,915.827 0.000 3,292.872 0.000 3,306.154 0.000
Acinous cell neoplasm vs Others 1,432.131 0.000 2,382.199 0.000 2,110.827 0.000
Complex epithelial neoplasms vs Others 20.792 0.000 6.543 0.011 0.027 0.871
Summary stage
Distant vs Localized 189,234.197 0.000 157,689.763 0.000 180,494.909 0.000
Distant vs Regional 95,182.979 0.000 89,552.783 0.000 97,474.996 0.000
Distant vs Unknown/unstaged 2,281.394 0.000 1,319.592 0.000 1,873.692 0.000
Localized vs Regional 22,646.800 0.000 24,779.500 0.000 25,260.467 0.000
Localized vs Unknown/unstaged 54,328.909 0.000 60,221.013 0.000 59,752.077 0.000
Regional vs Unknown/unstaged 15,840.215 0.000 19,402.780 0.000 18,494.477 0.000