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Table 2 Association between clinical variables and gastric cancer-specific survival or overall survival

From: Prognostic value of lymph node density on cancer staging system for gastric cancer without distal metastasis: a population-based analysis of SEER database

Variables

CSS, HR (95%CI) P value

OS, HR (95%CI) P value

Age at diagnosis (years)

1.01 (1.01, 1.01) < 0.001

1.03 (1.02, 1.03) < 0.001

Sex

 Male

Ref.

Ref.

 Female

0.96 (0.86, 1.08) 0.536

0.92 (0.84, 1.00) 0.061

Year of diagnosis

 2010

Ref.

Ref.

 2011

1.13 (0.95, 1.35) 0.151

0.99 (0.87, 1.13) 0.866

 2012

0.90 (0.75, 1.08) 0.272

0.90 (0.78, 1.03) 0.121

 2013

0.98 (0.81, 1.18) 0.841

0.95 (0.83, 1.10) 0.516

 2014

0.91 (0.74, 1.11) 0.336

0.89 (0.77, 1.04) 0.141

 2015

0.91 (0.72, 1.13) 0.384

0.79 (0.66, 0.94) 0.009

Race

 White

Ref.

Ref.

 Asian or Pacific islander

0.79 (0.68, 0.92) 0.002

0.71 (0.63, 0.80) <0.001

 Black

1.03 (0.87, 1.21) 0.740

1.02 (0.90, 1.16) 0.757

 Other

0.76 (0.42, 1.38) 0.372

0.65 (0.40, 1.05) 0.079

Marital status at diagnosis

 Married

Ref.

Ref.

 Widowed

1.40 (1.20, 1.63) < 0.001

1.52 (1.36, 1.71) < 0.001

 Single

1.32 (1.12, 1.56) 0.001

1.26 (1.11, 1.43) 0.001

 Other

0.99 (0.83, 1.18) 0.902

1.08 (0.95, 1.24) 0.242

Insurance

 Insured

Ref.

Ref.

 Uninsured or unknown

1.21 (1.08, 1.35) 0.001

1.13 (1.03, 1.23) 0.007

Primary site

 Upper

Ref.

Ref.

 Middle

0.96 (0.82, 1.11) 0.553

0.98 (0.87, 1.10) 0.699

 Lower

1.03 (0.90, 1.19) 0.646

1.10 (0.98, 1.22) 0.093

 Overlapping lesion

1.48 (1.21, 1.82) 0.001

1.36 (1.16, 1.60) 0.001

AJCC stage group, 7th (2010-2015)

 Stage I

Ref.

Ref.

 Stage II

3.40 (2.79, 4.13) < 0.001

2.12 (1.87, 2.40) < 0.001

 Stage III

9.75 (8.18, 11.62) < 0.001

4.80 (4.30, 5.35) < 0.001

AJCC T, 7th (2010-2015)

 T1

Ref.

Ref.

 T2

1.99 (1.56, 2.55) < 0.001

1.44 (1.23, 1.69) < 0.001

 T3

4.76 (3.96, 5.73) < 0.001

2.81 (2.50, 3.16) < 0.001

 T4

10.10 (8.36, 12.20) < 0.001

5.16 (4.55, 5.85) < 0.001

AJCC N, 7th (2010-2015)

 N0

Ref.

Ref.

 N1

3.35 (2.85, 3.94) < 0.001

2.27 (2.02, 2.55) < 0.001

 N2

5.02 (4.24, 5.93) < 0.001

3.13 (2.77, 3.55) < 0.001

 N3

9.14 (7.84, 10.67) < 0.00

5.32 (4.75, 5.96) < 0.001

Grade

 Well differentiated

Ref.

Ref.

 Moderately differentiated

1.91 (1.42, 2.56) < 0.001

1.57 (1.30, 1.89) < 0.001

 Poorly differentiated

3.96 (2.99, 5.23) < 0.001

2.46 (2.06, 2.95) < 0.001

 Undifferentiated; anaplastic

3.82 (2.35, 6.20) < 0.001

2.64 (1.86, 3.74) < 0.001

Chemotherapy

 No/unknown

Ref.

Ref.

 Yes

1.33 (1.19, 1.50) < 0.001

0.99 (0.90, 1.08) 0.776

LND

 LND1(< 0.1)

Ref.

Ref.

 LND2(>= 0.1, < 0.4)

3.98 (3.45, 4.60) < 0.001

2.88 (2.59, 3.20) < 0.001

 LND3(> = 0.4)

8.57 (7.48, 9.82) < 0.001

5.54 (4.99, 6.15) < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: LND lymph node density, CSS cancer-specific survival, OS overall survival, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval