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Table 3 Heterogeneity Test for Predictors among Spatial Clusters

From: Spatially varying effects of predictors for the survival prediction of nonmetastatic colorectal Cancer

Covariate

Description

Qa

I2 b

Age

Age at diagnosis

73.74

79.66%

Gender

Male set to 0 as baseline hazard

Female

21.35

29.75%

Grade

Well-differentiated set to 0 as baseline hazard

Moderately differentiated

28.29

46.97%

Poorly differentiated

42.21

64.47%

Undifferentiated

25.96

42.23%

Histology

Adenocarcinoma set to 0 as baseline hazard

Mucinous adenocarcinoma

14.61

0.00%

Papillary adenocarcinoma

17.13

12.42%

Adenoma. In Adenoma. Polyp

22.32

32.81%

Signet ring cell carcinoma

17.88

16.12%

Other

14.28

0.00%

Tumor location

Right colon set to 0 as baseline hazard

Left colon

29.26

48.74%

Rectum

20.01

25.05%

Tumor size

The size of the tumor

105.16

85.74%

EOD10_PNc

Number of positive lymph nodes

84.56

82.26%

  1. aQ: Cochran’s heterogeneity statistic
  2. bI2: Inconsistency index
  3. cEOD10_PN: Number of positive regional lymph nodes