Table 5

Relative risk of death three years from diagnosis by registry, sex, age, site, stage, and determinants of stage (Cox model). EUROCARE high resolution study on colorectal cancer

			Model 3		Model 4
			(model 2+surgery^5-150registry)		(model 3+determinants of stage^5-160)
Variable	Model 1 (sex+age+site)	Model 2 (model 1+stage)	Resected	Non-resected v resected	Resected	Non-resected v resected
Registry (No of cases)
Varese (445)	1	1	1	1.87^5-150	1	1.64^5-150
Modena (306)	0.73^5-150	0.76^5-150	0.80	1.64^5-150	0.78	1.51^5-150
Calvados (262)	0.91	0.95	0.91	3.00^5-150	0.90	2.69^5-150
Somme (228)	0.96	0.94	0.91	3.19^5-150	0.83	3.08^5-150
Côte d'Or (237)	0.93	1.21	1.19	3.67^5-150	1.20	3.22^5-150
Rotterdam (202)	0.97	1.22	1.24	1.60^5-150	1.12	1.54^5-150
Eindhoven (256)	0.85	0.95	1.00	1.99^5-150	0.92	1.87^5-150
Granada (173)	1.24	1.26^5-150	1.09	3.51^5-150	1.11	2.78^5-150
Mersey (207)	1.15	1.10	1.01	4.19^5-150	0.99	3.97^5-150
Thames (176)	1.41^5-150	1.37^5-150	1.25	3.82^5-150	1.19	3.73^5-150
Cracow (228)	2.32^5-150	1.81^5-150	1.82^5-150	1.57^5-150	1.69^5-150	1.57^5-150
Sex
Men (1391)	1	1	1		1
Women (1329)	0.96	0.99	1.00		1.01
Age (y)
0–64 (912)	1	1	1		1
65–74 (807)	1.28^5-150	1.37^5-150	1.36^5-150		1.35^5-150
75+ (1001)	1.89^5-150	2.03^5-150	1.87^5-150		1.86^5-150
Site
Colon (1644)	1	1	1		1
Rectum (1076)	0.88^5-150	0.92	0.86^5-150		0.85^5-150
Stage
Dukes' A+B (1242)		1	1		1
Dukes' C (N+)(562)		2.33^5-150	2.36^5-150		2.47^5-150
Dukes' D (M+)(571)		7.55^5-150	5.86^5-150		5.96^5-150
Not available (345)		4.17^5-150	2.51^5-150		2.44^5-150
Examined nodes
Not examined or not available (1167)					1
1–5 (637)					0.96
6–11 (545)					0.80^5-150
12+ (319)					0.68^5-150
Missing, but examined (54)					0.97
Liver imaging
Yes (1816)					1
No (906)					1.05

↵5-150 p<0.05.
↵5-160 Determinants of stage are number of examined lymph nodes and liver imaging.