Table 2 Association between death and clinical characteristics (significant level α = 0.05)

From: A study on adverse drug events of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in lung cancer treatment: a decade-long data mining

Variables

No. of deaths (%)

OR (95%CI)

P value

Age, years

< 65

2,785 (27.5)

Reference (OR = 1.00)

 

≥ 65

5,008 (28.9)

1.07 (1.02–1.17)

0.011

Gender

   

Male

6,837 (30.9)

Reference (OR = 1.00)

 

Female

2,793 (24.9)

0.74 (0.70–0.78)

< 0.001

Cancer subtype

   

NSCLC

7,056 (27.2)

Reference (OR = 1.00)

 

SCLC

947 (28.9)

1.09 (1.01–1.18)

0.036

Type of inhibitors

   

PD-1 inhibitor

7,930 (30.7)

Reference (OR = 1.00)

 

PD-L1 inhibitor

2,592 (24.5)

0.73 (0.69–0.77)

< 0.001

Combination chemotherapy

   

No

8,904 (31.3)

Reference (OR = 1.00)

 

Yes

1,618 (20.4)

0.57 (0.53–0.60)

< 0.001

Per week delay in onset of the first ADE

 

0.990 (0.990–0.994)

< 0.001

Per ADE increase in number

 

1.01 (1.00-1.02)

0.009

Per SOC involved increase in ADEs

 

1.00 (0.99–1.01)

0.475