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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for fatal pulmonary hemorrhage

From: Risk factors associated with fatal pulmonary hemorrhage in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy

  

No. of patients (%)

Multivariate analysis

Characteristics

 

OR

95% CI

P -value

Total

 

583 (100)

   

Tumor location

    
 

Peripheral

456 (78.2)

1

  
 

Central

127 (21.8)

3.003

0.771-11.695

0.113

Histologic type

    
 

Nonsquamous NSCLC

375 (64.3)

1

  
 

Squamous cell carcinoma

208 (35.7)

5.491

1.079-27.943

0.040*

Major cavitation

    
 

Absent

569 (97.6)

1

  
 

Present

14 (2.4)

17.878

3.430-93.190

0.001*

  1. OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, * indicates significance, NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer
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