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

Table 5 Adjusted hazard ratios of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality between low- and high-income groups by sex and age groups by testing interactions

Variable			Hazzard ratio	95% Hazzard ratio confidence limits		P-value
Male	Age 49 or younger	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	1.956	1.341	2.854	<.001
	Age 50–59	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	2.678	1.827	3.924	<.001
	Age 60–69	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	1.240	0.913	1.683	0.169
	Age 70 or older	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	1.132	0.836	1.534	0.423
Female	Age 49 or younger	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	0.529	0.221	1.262	0.151
	Age 50–59	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	1.120	0.582	2.157	0.734
	Age 60–69	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	1.678	1.007	2.796	0.047
	Age 70 or older	Income (quintiles)
		The 5th (highest)	Reference
		The 1st (lowest)	1.218	0.875	1.697	0.243

*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)

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