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Table 4 Relative risk of death for ovarian cancer patients from the Philippine resident population and for Caucasian patients compared to Filipino-American patients from US SEER, 1993-2002

From: Ovarian cancer survival population differences: a "high resolution study" comparing Philippine residents, and Filipino-Americans and Caucasians living in the US

Variable Philippine resident population Filipino-Americans (reference group) Caucasians
  RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI
Bivariate analysis 1.46 1.23 - 1.74 1.00 --- 1.53 1.32 - 1.77
After controlling for other variables       
   Age 1.82 1.53 - 2.16 1.00 --- 1.17 1.01 - 1.36
   FIGO Stage 1.77 1.48 - 2.13 1.00 --- 1.19 1.02 - 1.39
   Morphology 1.66 1.38 - 2.01 1.00 --- 1.49 1.27 - 1.75
   Surgery 1.44 1.21 - 1.71 1.00 --- 1.41 1.22 - 1.64
   Radiotherapy 1.60 1.34 - 1.91 1.00 --- 1.55 1.34 - 1.80
Multivariate analysis 1 2.45 1.99 - 3.01 1.00 --- 1.17 0.99 - 1.37
  1. RR, Relative Risk; 95% CI, 95% Confidence interval
  2. 1Controlling for all variables listed in the table
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