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Table 4 Adjusted hazard ratio for overall survival from Cox proportional hazard model

From: Management of patients with early stage lung cancer – why do some patients not receive treatment with curative intent?

Factors

Hazard ratio

95% CI of hazard ratio

P-value

Sex

 Female

Ref

  

 Male

1.21

(0.91 - 1.62)

0.195

Ethnicity

 Māori

1.25

(0.92 - 1.69)

0.151

 Non-Māori

Ref

  

Age (Continuous)

1.01

(0.99 - 1.03)

0.172

Charlson Comorbidity

 0

Ref

  

 1

1.10

(0.70 - 1.75)

0.673

 2

1.07

(0.66 - 1.73)

0.794

 3

1.02

(0.55 - 1.86)

0.959

 4+

1.19

(0.58 - 2.44)

0.640

Smoking status

 Current smoker

2.51

(1.06 - 5.94)

0.037

 Ex-smoker

2.24

(0.96 - 5.22)

0.061

 Never smoked

Ref

  

Year of diagnosis (Continuous)

0.94

(0.87 - 1.00)

0.068

Stage

 I

Ref

  

 II

1.35

(1.02 - 1.80)

0.039

Primary treatment

 Curative surgery

Ref

  

 SABR

0.77

(0.37 - 1.61)

0.486

 Radiotherapy

1.94

(1.23 - 3.07)

0.005

 Curative chemo/Rad

1.80

(0.80 - 4.03)

0.153

 Palliative rad

2.89

(1.72 - 4.85)

< 0.001

 Palliative chemo

1.69

(0.66 - 4.32)

0.270

 Supportive care

3.35

(2.26 - 4.96)

< 0.001