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Table 2 Univariate analyses of survival in patients with middle ear cancer

From: Prognostic models to predict overall and cause-specific survival for patients with middle ear cancer: a population-based analysis

 

Overall survival

Cause-specific survival

Covariate

HR

95% CI

P-value

HR

95% CI

P-value

Age (70:45)

2.50

1.86-3.35

<0.001*

2.17

1.53-3.08

<0.001*

Sex

      

  Male

1

  

1

  

  Female

1.13

0.81-1.57

0.46

1.27

0.85-1.90

0.24

Race

      

  White

1

  

1

  

  Non White

1.10

0.73-1.64

0.66

0.86

0.51-1.45

0.56

Year of diagnosis (2000:1990)

0.82

0.65-1.02

0.08

0.72

0.56-0.93

0.01*

Stage

      

  Localized

1

  

1

  

  Regional

2.38

1.52-3.73

<0.001*

3.99

2.04-7.81

<0.001*

  Distant

3.80

2.25-6.41

<0.001*

6.46

3.10-13.50

<0.001*

Histological type

      

  Squamous cell carcinoma

1

  

1

  

  Adenocarcinoma

0.24

0.13-0.44

<0.001*

0.20

0.09-0.45

<0.001*

  Others

0.34

0.23-0.52

<0.001*

0.31

0.18-0.53

<0.001*

Surgery

      

  No surgery

1

  

1

  

  Surgery

0.59

0.40-0.86

0.01*

0.61

0.39-0.96

0.03*

Radiation

      

  No

1

  

1

  

  Yes

2.51

1.75-3.58

<0.001*

3.55

2.22-5.69

<0.001*

  1. Abbreviations: HR Hazard Ratio, CI Confidence Interval.
  2. *P <0.05.
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