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Table 4 Relative risk of death for colorectal cancer patients from the Philippine resident population and for Non-Hispanic White patients compared to Filipino-American patients from US SEER, 1993-2002

From: Inter-country and ethnic variation in colorectal cancer survival: Comparisons between a Philippine population, Filipino-Americans and Caucasians

Variable Philippine resident population Filipino-Americans (reference group) Non-Hispanic Whites
  RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI
Bivariate analysis 1.94 1.76 - 2.13 1.00 --- 1.17 1.10 - 1.24
After controlling for other variables (one at a time)       
   Sex 1.94 1.76 - 2.13 1.00 --- 1.17 1.10 - 1.24
   Age 2.28 2.07 - 2.51 1.00 --- 1.02 0.96 - 1.09
   Stage 1.75 1.58 - 1.93 1.00 --- 1.24 1.16 - 1.32
   Morphology 1.85 1.68 - 2.03 1.00 --- 1.18 1.11 - 1.25
   Surgery 1.73 1.57 - 1.90 1.00 --- 1.21 1.14 - 1.28
   Radiotherapy 1.94 1.77 - 2.14 1.00 --- 1.16 1.10 - 1.24
Multivariate analysis 1 2.03 1.83 - 2.25 1.00 --- 1.12 1.04 - 1.20
  1. RR, Relative Risk; 95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval
  2. 1Controlling for all variables in the table
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