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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