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Table 3 Cervical cancer-specific mortality by ethnicity adjusted for comorbidity

From: Does comorbidity explain the ethnic inequalities in cervical cancer survival in New Zealand? A retrospective cohort study

  

Ethnicity

Comorbidities

Comorbidity

Other

Māori

Pacific

Asian

 

HR (95%CI) a

HR (95%CI) b

HR (95%CI) c

HR (95%CI) c

HR (95%CI) c

No comorbidity adjustment/inclusion

 

1.00

1.56 (1.19-2.05)

1.95 (1.21-3.13)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

Elixhauser as continuous variable

1.25 (1.11-1.40)

1.00

1.55 (1.19-2.04)

1.92 (1.20-3.09)

0.72 (0.41-1.26)

Individual comorbities

     

   Congestive heart failure

2.35 (1.22-4.52)

1.00

1.57 (1.20-2.06)

1.98 (1.23-3.17)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

   Valvular disease

2.84 (0.70-11.61)

1.00

1.56 (1.19-2.04)

1.96 (1.22-3.14)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

   Hypertension, complicated

1.74 (0.24-12.72)

1.00

1.57 (1.19-2.06)

1.95 (1.22-3.13)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

   Chronic pulmonary disease

1.62 (0.95-2.77)

1.00

1.55 (1.18-2.03)

1.95 (1.22-3.13)

0.67 (0.38-1.19)

   Diabetes, complicated

10.46 (3.01-36.37)

1.00

1.55 (1.18-2.04)

1.70 (1.03-2.80)

0.71 (0.40-1.25)

   Renal failure

4.27 (2.08-8.76)

1.00

1.58 (1.20-2.07)

1.70 (1.04-2.77)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

   Liver disease

2.43 (0.76-7.78)

1.00

1.55 (1.18-2.03)

1.92 (1.20-3.09)

0.72 (0.41-1.26)

   Coagulopathy

2.78 (0.68-11.43)

1.00

1.55 (1.18-2.03)

1.91 (1.19-3.07)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

   Obesity

3.52 (1.55-7.98)

1.00

1.55 (1.18-2.04)

1.90 (1.18-3.05)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

   Fluid and electrolyte disorders

4.03 (2.01-8.08)

1.00

1.51 (1.15-1.98)

1.97 (1.23-3.16)

0.69 (0.39-1.21)

   Blood loss anaemia

2.44 (1.48-4.00)

1.00

1.53 (1.17-2.01)

1.98 (1.23-3.17)

0.71 (0.40-1.26)

   Drug abuse

3.28 (0.45-23.76)

1.00

1.56 (1.19-2.04)

1.95 (1.22-3.13)

0.72 (0.41-1.27)

Multivariate - all 12 of the above

 

1.00

1.44 (1.09-1.89)

1.62 (0.98-2.68)

0.63 (0.35-1.13)

  1. a Adjusted for age, year of diagnosis, stage, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and urban/rural residence
  2. b Reference category
  3. c Adjusted for age, year of diagnosis, stage, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, urban/rural residence, and comorbidity index