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Table 3 Adjusted hazard ratios for overall mortality in oncological patients with acute surgical issues

From: Emergency surgical consultation for cancer patients: identifying the prognostic determinants of health

Variable

Hazard ratio

95% confidence interval

P value

Age

1.01

0.99–1.02

0.228

Female

0.82

0.53–1.27

0.375

Surgery

0.78

0.51–1.20

0.261

GI cancer

0.97

0.63–1.49

0.876

New cancer diagnosis

1.63

0.93–2.85

0.090

Metastatic disease

5.59

3.37–9.26

<0.001

Systemic therapy

1.57

0.97–2.57

0.069

Adjuvant therapya

0.40

0.25–0.65

<0.001

  1. aCancer therapy within 12 weeks postoperatively