Research Article

Impact of HIV Infection on Medicare Beneficiaries with Lung Cancer

Table 3

Relative Risk (RR) for all causes mortality and lung cancer mortality.

Mortality due to any causeMortality due to lung cancer
Relative risk (95% CI) 𝑃 valueRelative risk (95% CI) 𝑃 value

Stage III versus I/II1.66 (1.64, 1.68)<0.0012.11 (2.08, 2.15)<0.001
Stage IV versus I/II1.80 (1.78, 1.82)<0.0012.40 (2.36, 2.44)<0.001
Male versus female1.05 (1.04, 1.05)<0.0011.05 (1.04, 1.06)<0.001
Black versus white1.02 (1.01, 1.03)<0.0010.99 (0.98, 1.01)0.472
Other versus white0.96 (0.94, 0.97)<0.0010.94 (0.92, 0.96)<0.001
Age 75–84 versus 65–741.04 (1.03, 1.05)<0.0011.02 (1.01, 1.03)<0.001
Age 85+ versus 65–741.07 (1.06, 1.08)<0.0011.02 (1.01, 1.03)0.008
Metro versus Big Metro1.00 (1.00, 1.01)0.5691.00 (0.99, 1.01)0.458
Other versus Big Metro1.01 (1.00, 1.02)0.0661.01 (1.00, 1.02)0.088
Single versus Other1.00 (0.99, 1.01)0.0790.99 (0.97, 1.01)0.076
HIV versus non-HIV0.94 (0.86, 1.02)0.1320.84 (0.73, 0.96)0.011