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Table 2 Cox multivariate proportional hazard analysis for pneumonia development in lung cancer patients

From: Smoking is associated with pneumonia development in lung cancer patients

Variable

Hazard ratio

95% Confidence interval

p-value

Age

1.046

1.019–1.074

0.001

Clinical staging

  

0.013

 I

 II

0.480

0.246–0.933

0.030

 III

1.226

0.512–2.937

0.647

 IV

1.759

1.004–3.083

0.048

Neutropenia

2.620

1.562–4.396

< 0.001

Smoking

2.040

1.100–3.784

0.024