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Table 4 Predictors (with hazard ratios (HR)) of Overall Survival (OS) and 2-year survival by multivariable Cox regression analysis

From: The determinants and impact of diagnostic delay in lymphoma in a TB and HIV endemic setting

 

OS HR (95% CI)

P-value

2 yr-survival HR (95% CI)

P-value

Late-stage (vs early-stage)

2.0 (1.1–3.8)

0.03

2.0 (1.2–3.4)

< 0.01

NHL (vs HL)

2.5 (1.1–5.0)

0.05

3.1 (1.5–6.3)

0.05

Emergency chemotherapy (vs non-emergency)

1.2 (0.6–2.3)

0.70

1.7 (0.9–2.9)

0.12

HIV positive (vs negative)

4.2 (1.9–9.4)

< 0.01

5.0 (2.0–12.4)

0.01

Performance status (vs ECOG = 0)

 ECOG 1

1.8 (0.5–6.3)

0.35

1.3 (0.5–3.1)

0.73

 ECOG 2

3.7 (1.0–14.6)

0.06

2.5 (0.9–7.1)

0.09

 ECOG 3

7.6 (2.1–27.4)

< 0.01

6.8 (2.6–17.8)

< 0.01

 ECOG 4

4.5 (1.1–17.6)

0.03

6.2 (2.0–18.7)

< 0.01

Diagnostic delay

0.6 (0.3–1.0)

0.06

0.8 (0.5–1.3)

0.34

Age ≥ 50 (vs < 50)

4.1 (1.9–8.9)

< 0.01

1.7 (1.0–2.6)

0.03

  1. All the variables in the model are given above
  2. HL Hodgkin lymphoma, NHL Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, ECOG Eastern European Oncology Group