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Table 4 One-year survival and one-year mortality rate ratio (MRR) by level of comorbidity according to the stage of cancer and adjusted for age and calendar time.

From: The impact of comorbidity and stage on ovarian cancer mortality: A nationwide Danish cohort study

 

Charlson Comorbidity score

 

0

1–2

3+

Localized tumour/FIGO-stage I

   

Number

774

184

37

Median age, years

56

67

72

   Survival in %

95 (93–97)

88 (82–92)

81 (64–91)

   Crude MRR

1 (ref.)

2.8 (1.6–4.6)

4.5 (2.0–10.0)

   Adj. MRR

1 (ref.)

2.1 (1.2–3.5)

2.7 (1.2–6.2)

Regional spread/FIGO-stage II, III

   

Number

1,757

492

157

Median age, years

62

68

69

   Survival in %

77 (75–79)

63 (59–67)

47 (39–54)

   Crude MRR

5.3 (3.8–7.4)

9.2 (6.5–13.2)

16.0 (10.9–23.6)

   Adj. MRR

4.8 (3.5–6.8)

7.1 (5.0–10.1)

12.3 (8.3–18.1)

Distant metastases/FIGO-stage IV

   

Number

1,002

338

140

Median age, years

66

71

71

   Survival in %

50 (47–53)

38 (33–44)

34 (27–42)

   Crude MRR

14.1 (10.1–19.7)

20.4 (14.4–28.9)

23.4 (16.0–34.2)

   Adj. MRR

11.6 (8.3–16.2)

13.9 (9.8–19.8)

15.7 (10.7–23.1)

Unspecified

   

Number

194

102

36

Median age, years

66

75

71

   Survival in %

62 (55–68)

40 (31–50)

33 (19–49)

   Crude MRR

10.1 (6.8–15.0)

19.2 (12.8–28.9)

25.0 (15.0–41.8)

   Adj. MRR

8.1 (5.5–12.1)

11.2 (7.4–16.8)

15.3 (9.1–25.7)

  1. The reference group was patients with localized tumour/FIGO I and no registered comorbidity. The corresponding 95% confidence interval is given in parentheses.