Table 2 Harzard ratios for time to death by type of cancer using univariate Cox regressiona
Variable | Levels | Type of cancer | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast | Prostate | Colon | Lung | Brain | |||||||||||||||||
HR | L95 | U95 | p | HR | L95 | U95 | p | HR | L95 | U95 | p | HR | L95 | U95 | p | HR | L95 | U95 | p | ||
Age | - | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.07 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.24 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 0.00 |
Sex | Female | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | 0.00 | 1.00 | - | - | 0.00 | 1.00 | - | - | |
Male | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.29 | 1.09 | 1.54 | 1.26 | 1.09 | 1.46 | 0.89 | 0.65 | 1.22 | 0.48 | |||
Race/Color | Non-white | 1.00 | 0.11 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 0.25 | 1.00 | 0.41 | ||||||||||
White | 0.81 | 0.66 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.70 | 1.28 | 0.85 | 0.68 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 0.88 | 1.27 | 1.07 | 0.73 | 1.57 | ||||||
Missing | 0.92 | 0.61 | 1.38 | 0.92 | 0.59 | 1.44 | 1.14 | 0.77 | 1.70 | 0.77 | 0.54 | 1.11 | 1.69 | 0.82 | 3.46 | ||||||
Surgery for cancer | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.27 | ||||||||||
Yes | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.54 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.83 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.57 | 0.82 | 0.59 | 1.16 | ||||||
Nonhormonal chemotherapy | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.37 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
Palliative | 4.11 | 3.12 | 5.40 | 2.15 | 1.41 | 3.27 | 1.08 | 0.41 | 2.87 | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.35 | 0.78 | ||||||
Nonpalliative | 5.69 | 4.58 | 7.06 | 0.77 | 0.28 | 2.12 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.45 | ||||||||||||
Hormonal chemotherapy | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Palliative | 0.35 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Nonpalliative | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Orchiectomy or ovariectomy | No | 1.00 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Yes | 1.20 | 0.50 | 2.89 | 1.83 | 1.47 | 2.28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Radiation therapy | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 0.14 | 1.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
Palliative | 1.31 | 1.03 | 1.67 | 1.03 | 0.77 | 1.39 | - | 1.12 | 0.79 | 1.58 | 0.88 | 0.73 | 1.06 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.45 | |||||
Nonpalliative | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.43 | 0.70 | 0.17 | 2.81 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 1.04 | 0.61 | 0.44 | 0.84 | ||||||
Elective hospitalization | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
Yes | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.51 | 0.45 | 0.32 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.62 | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 0.63 | ||||||
Urgent hospitalization | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||
Yes | 4.30 | 3.02 | 6.12 | 3.05 | 2.08 | 4.45 | 1.48 | 1.06 | 2.08 | 1.76 | 1.28 | 2.43 | 2.48 | 1.22 | 5.05 | ||||||
Time (in days) from diagnosis to start of treatment | Up to 60 days | 1.00 | 0.27 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.21 | 1.00 | 0.67 | ||||||||||
More than 60 days | 0.91 | 0.78 | 1.07 | 2.40 | 1.78 | 3.23 | 0.91 | 0.76 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.95 | 1.27 | 1.08 | 0.76 | 1.52 | ||||||
Type of lung cancer | Non-small cells | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | |||
Small cells | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.57 | 1.21 | 2.05 | - | - | - | - | ||
Not specified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.63 | 1.35 | 1.97 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Filed legal action against the state | No | 1.00 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 0.23 | 1.00 | 0.06 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.22 | ||||||||||
Yes | 1.02 | 0.66 | 1.58 | 0.74 | 0.44 | 1.24 | 0.66 | 0.42 | 1.04 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.65 | 0.75 | 0.47 | 1.20 | ||||||