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Table 1 Demographic and disease-related characteristics among patients with or without ADRs (univariate logistic regression)

From: Adverse reactions of targeted therapy in cancer patients: a retrospective study of hospital medical data in China

Characteristics

 

Cases, n (%)

ADR

OR a (95%CI)

P value

With, (%)

Without, n (%)

All

 

485 (100)

296 (61.0)

189 (39.0)

  

Age: Mean (SD)

 

63.4 (11.8)

67.8 (12.6)

59.5 (11.3)

  

Age

≥60

294 (60.6)

202 (68.2)

92 (48.7)

3.247 [1.564–7.681]

0.014*

<60

191 (39.4)

94 (31.8)

97 (51.3)

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Sex

Male

261 (53.8)

161 (54.4)

100 (52.9)

1.014 [0.386–1.714]

0.325

Female

224 (46.2)

135 (45.6)

89 (47.1)

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Education Level

College and above

155 (32)

77 (26)

78 (41.3)

0.713 [0.431–0.950]

0.017*

High school and below

330 (68)

219 (74)

111 (58.7)

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Place of residence

Urban

194 (40)

114 (38.5)

80 (42.3)

2.192 [0.689–5.237]

0.189

Rural

291 (60)

182 (61.5)

109 (57.7)

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Family income (Yuan)/M

>10,000

56 (11.5)

35 (11.8)

21 (11.1)

1.885 [0.332–6.457]

0.846

5001 ~ 10,000

227 (46.8)

133 (44.9)

94 (49.7)

0.912 [0.420–1.518]

0.092

3001 ~ 5000

175 (36.1)

113 (38.2)

62 (32.8)

3.817 [0.774–9.220]

0.332

<3000

27 (5.6)

15 (5.1)

12 (6.3)

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Primary cancer

Lung

122 (25.2)

88 (29.7)

34 (18)

3.892 [1.521–10.109]

0.008**

Renal

86 (17.7)

59 (19.9)

27 (14.3)

1.732 [0.458–6.256]

0.122

Gastric

49 (10.1)

22 (7.4)

27 (14.3)

3.069 [1.746–9.961]

0.007**

Colorectal

53 (11)

23 (7.8)

30 (15.9)

3.549 [1.472–9.135]

0.006**

Breast

89 (18.4)

59 (19.9)

30 (15.9)

1.776 [0.753–3.158]

0.084

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

56 (11.5)

34 (11.6)

22 (11.6)

4.711 [0.843–7.953]

0.569

Others

30 (6.2)

11 (3.7)

19 (10)

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Medical insurance

Yes

383 (79)

231 (78)

152 (80.4)

3.791 [0.654–7.824]

0.264

No

102 (21)

65 (22)

37 (19.6)

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CCI

>2

240 (49.5)

178 (60.1)

62 (32.8)

4.139 [1.418–7.027]

0.003**

≤2

245 (50.5)

118 (39.9)

127 (67.2)

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Duration of medicine

≤3 months

262 (54)

98 (33.1)

164 (62.1)

0.647 [0.463–0.815]

0.004**

>3 months

223 (46)

198 (66.9)

25 (37.9)

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Combination of medicine

Yes

286 (59)

201 (67.9)

85 (45)

1.736 [1.486–4.153]

0.028*

No

199 (41)

95 (32.1)

104 (55)

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Route of administration

Intravenous

209 (43.1)

164 (55.4)

45 (23.8)

3.128 [2.066–7.550]

0.007**

Oral

179 (36.9)

100 (33.8)

79 (41.8)

1.806 [0.538–6.872]

0.075

Subcutaneous

65 (13.4)

25 (8.4)

40 (21.2)

1.257 [0.296–1.836]

0.066

Intrathecal

7 (1.4)

3 (1.0)

4 (2.1)

2.129 [0.588–4.967]

0.125

Intraperitoneal

25 (5.2)

4 (1.4)

21 (1.1)

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  1. Abbreviations: ADR, adverse reactions; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index
  2. # Unmarried = single, divorced, and widow;
  3. * P values are statistically significant
  4. a Binary logistic regression models were computed for each characteristic separately and the ADR was included as an independent variable
  5. *P<0.05, **P<0.01