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Table 5 Multivariate Analysis – Cancer-specific Mortality Adjusted for Inflammatory Markers and Other Factors, Stratified by Income Level

From: Income, inflammation and cancer mortality: a study of U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey mortality follow-up cohorts

Factors

NHANES III 1988–1994

NHANES 1999–2002

Hazard Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Hazard Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Low Income

 C-Reactive Proteina

   < 0.22 mg/dL

1

  

1

  

  0.22–0.99 mg/dL

1.23

0.88–1.74

0.22

0.77

0.35–1.67

0.49

   > 0.99 mg/dL

1.83

1.10–3.04

0.02

1.46

0.87–2.45

0.15

Fibrinogena

1.001

1.000–1.003

0.10

0.997

0.994–1.000

0.08

Middle Income

 C-Reactive Proteina

   < 0.22 mg/dL

1

  

1

  

  0.22–0.99 mg/dL

0.87

0.63–1.19

0.37

1.05

0.39–2.82

0.92

   > 0.99 mg/dL

1.12

0.64–1.97

0.69

0.61

0.17–2.11

0.42

Fibrinogena

1.000

0.998–1.002

0.67

1.001

0.998–1.01

0.43

High Income

 C-Reactive Proteina

   < 0.22 mg/dL

1

  

1

  

 0.22–0.99 mg/dL

0.84

0.44–1.63

0.60

1.07

0.53–2.18

0.84

   > 0.99 mg/dL

1.41

0.62–3.19

0.41

2.87

0.88–9.37

0.08

Fibrinogena

1.000

0.997–1.003

0.94

1.002

0.998–1.01

0.36

  1. a Adjusted for gender, race, education, occupation, body mass index, smoking status, and physical activity