Does low income effects 5-year mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma patients?

Table 4 Adjusted hazard ratios of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality by sex and age groups

Variables		Hazard ratio	95% Hazzard ratio confidence limits		p-value
Male	Income (quintiles)
	The 5th (highest)	Reference
	The 4th	1.140	0.979	1.328	0.092
	The 3rd	1.422	1.212	1.669	<.001
	The 2nd	1.560	1.325	1.838	<.001
	The 1st (lowest)	1.541	1.309	1.815	<.001
	Trend test^†	1.127	1.087	1.169	<.001
Female	Income (quintiles)
	The 5th (highest)	Reference
	The 4th	1.033	0.810	1.318	0.794
	The 3rd	1.107	0.857	1.429	0.436
	The 2nd	1.129	0.862	1.477	0.379
	The 1st (lowest)	1.265	0.995	1.607	0.055
	Trend test^†	1.057	1.000	1.118	0.049
Age 49 or younger	Income (quintiles)
	The 5th (highest)	Reference
	The 4th	1.270	0.929	1.735	0.135
	The 3rd	1.595	1.166	2.181	0.004
	The 2nd	1.714	1.239	2.371	0.001
	The 1st (lowest)	1.568	1.121	2.193	0.009
	Trend test^†	1.131	1.052	1.215	0.001
Age 50–59	Income (quintiles)
	The 5th (highest)	Reference
	The 4th	1.509	1.105	2.059	0.010
	The 3rd	1.593	1.151	2.204	0.005
	The 2nd	2.089	1.512	2.887	<.001
	The 1st (lowest)	2.197	1.586	3.043	<.001
	Trend test^†	1.209	1.126	1.298	<.001
Age 60–69	Income (quintiles)
	The 5th (highest)	Reference
	The 4th	1.116	0.875	1.423	0.377
	The 3rd	1.474	1.147	1.895	0.003
	The 2nd	1.355	1.036	1.772	0.026
	The 1st (lowest)	1.354	1.044	1.757	0.022
	Trend test^†	1.087	1.026	1.150	0.004
Age 70 or older	Income (quintiles)
	The 5th (highest)	Reference
	The 4th	0.967	0.777	1.202	0.759
	The 3rd	1.140	0.894	1.454	0.292
	The 2nd	1.074	0.841	1.372	0.569
	The 1st (lowest)	1.177	0.945	1.466	0.146
	Trend test^†	1.042	0.991	1.096	0.111

*All adjusted by sex, age group, disability, new cases by year, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, alcoholic liver cirrhosis, other (non-viral, non-alcoholic) liver cirrhosis and regional level(current smoking rate, high-risk drinking rate, walking exercise practice rate, obesity rate, percentage of college graduates). ^†Trend test according to decrease in income level

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