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

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

Variable

Hazzard ratio

95% Hazzard ratio confidence limits

P-value

Male

Age 49 or younger

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

1.956

1.341

2.854

<.001

Age 50ā€“59

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

2.678

1.827

3.924

<.001

Age 60ā€“69

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

1.240

0.913

1.683

0.169

Age 70 or older

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

1.132

0.836

1.534

0.423

Female

Age 49 or younger

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

0.529

0.221

1.262

0.151

Age 50ā€“59

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

1.120

0.582

2.157

0.734

Age 60ā€“69

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

1.678

1.007

2.796

0.047

Age 70 or older

Income (quintiles)

Ā Ā Ā 

The 5th (highest)

Reference

Ā Ā Ā 

The 1st (lowest)

1.218

0.875

1.697

0.243

  1. *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)