Table 2 Multivariate competing risk analysis of postoperative CSS in elderly patients with stage I–III CRC.

From: Competing risk and random survival forest models for predicting survival in post-resection elderly stage I–III colorectal cancer patients

Overall survival

All

HR (Competing risks multivariable)

Age

65–74 years

6350 (47.3%)

 

75–84 years

4959 (36.9%)

1.35 (1.24–1.46 p < 0.001)

85 + years

2127 (15.8%)

1.70 (1.52–1.90 p < 0.001)

Sex

Female

7071 (52.6%)

 

Male

6365 (47.4%)

 

Race

Black

1198 (8.9%)

 

Other

1308 (9.7%)

0.81 (0.69–0.96 p = 0.014)

White

10930 (81.3%)

0.86 (0.76–0.98 p = 0.022)

Marital

Married

7120 (53.0%)

 

Unmarried

6316 (47.0%)

1.12 (1.03–1.21 p = 0.005)

Site

Colon

10874 (80.9%)

 

Rectum

2562 (19.1%)

1.37 (1.25–1.50 p < 0.001)

Histology

Adenocarcinoma

12078 (89.9%)

 

Other

1358 (10.1%)

1.07 (0.95–1.20 p = 0.240)

Grade

I

982 (7.3%)

 

II

9784 (72.8%)

1.15 (0.96–1.38 p = 0.120)

III

2219 (16.5%)

1.26 (1.04–1.53 p = 0.019)

IV

451 (3.4%)

1.47 (1.14–1.89 p = 0.003)

T

T1

1300 (9.7%)

 

T2

2384 (17.7%)

1.36 (1.05–1.77 p = 0.022)

T3

7820 (58.2%)

2.57 (2.02–3.26 p < 0.001)

T4

1932 (14.4%)

5.09 (3.97–6.54 p < 0.001)

N

N0

8422 (62.7%)

 

N1

3460 (25.8%)

1.87 (1.71–2.05 p < 0.001)

N2

1554 (11.6%)

3.12 (2.80–3.47 p < 0.001)

CEA

Negative

8347 (62.1%)

 

Positive

5089 (37.9%)

1.41 (1.31–1.52 p < 0.001)

Deposits

No

12144 (90.4%)

 

Yes

1292 (9.6%)

1.43 (1.29–1.58 p < 0.001)

Invasion

No

12168 (90.6%)

 

Yes

1268 (9.4%)

1.40 (1.27–1.56 p < 0.001)

Size

< 5 cm

7938 (59.1%)

 

≥ 5 cm

5498 (40.9%)

1.06 (0.98–1.15 p = 0.130)