CRUDE ADJUSTED**
  Hazard Ratio 95% CI* p-value Hazard Ratio 95% CI* p-value
RACE
(reference = ‘White’)
Black 0.85 0.69 1.04 0.12 0.83 0.67 1.03 0.102
Other 0.87 0.7 1.10 0.16 0.88 0.74 1.05 0.162
SEX
(reference = ‘Male’)
Female 0.80 0.69 0.92 0.002 0.78 0.68 0.90 0.001
Radiation therapy
(reference = ‘radiation done’)
Not done 1.25 1.06 1.46 0.007 1.26 1.07 1.48 0.004
Refused 1.42 1.13 1.78 0.003 1.48 1.14 1.90 0.003
Year of diagnosis   0.98 0.97 0.99 0.042 0.98 0.97 0.99 0.005
Less than High School Education
(reference = “1st quartile”)
2nd quartile 1.00 0.85 1.20 0.92 1.02 0.85 1.21 0.84
3rd quartile 1.20 1.04 1.39 0.013 1.17 1.02 1.35 0.027
4th quartile 1.39 0.82 2.36 0.221 1.32 0.79 2.20 0.28
Both models were clustered by counties
*95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval
Table 4: Effect of Various Factors on Lung Cancer Specific Mortality in Patients with Early Stage Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer Who Refused the Recommended Surgical Resection (1988-2002).
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