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Table 2 The potential risk factors and their association with death under concurrent chemo-radiotherapy

From: Results of concurrent radio-chemotherapy for the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in everyday clinical practice with special reference to early mortality

Predictive factors for early death under therapy

 

Dead

Alive

Relative risk

p-value

Vascular co-morbidities

Present

6

30

3.83

0.09

Absent

2

44

No data

1

84

Alcohol consumption

Yes

8

80

5.27

0.11

No

1

57

No data

21

Nicotine consumption

Yes

8

86

6.2

0.081

No

1

72

Hemoglobin

Below normal range

6

25

3.09

0.09

Normal

3

45

No data

0

88

Albumin

Below normal range

5

28

2.07

0.29

Normal

3

38

No data

1

92