Predictive variables
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Zubrod 2–4 vs 0–1 | 4.4 | 2.55 to 7.60 | <0.001 | 3.02 | 1.83 to 5.00 | <0.001 |
Time from diagnosis to procedure (weeks) | 0.998 | 0.996 to 0.9996 | 0.02 | | | |
Comorbidities: cardiovascular | 1.76 | 1.00 to 3.08 | 0.05 | | | |
Initial treatment type | | | | | | |
Surgery | 3.54 | 1.60 to 7.81 | 0.002 | | | |
Chemotherapy | 2.98 | 1.47 to 6.05 | 0.002 | | | |
Radiation therapy | 2.62 | 1.15 to 5.99 | 0.02 | | | |
No treatment | <ref> | | | | | |
Obstruction type of most proximal location | | | | | | |
Endobronchial | <ref> | | | | | |
Extrinsic | 2.63 | 1.54 to 4.50 | <0.001 | | | |
Mixed | 2.35 | 1.13 to 4.86 | 0.02 | | | |
Explanatory variables
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Postprocedure treatment | | | | | | |
Chemotherapy | 0.42 | 0.26 to 0.69 | 0.001 | 0.51 | 0.32 to 0.81 | 0.004 |
Time-varying covariates
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Utility | | | | 0.003 | 0.001 to 0.02 | <0.001 |
Lower respiratory tract infection | | | | 3.79 | 1.13 to 12.71 | 0.03 |