Indicators for early assessment of palliative care in lung cancer patients: a population study using linked health data

Table 3 Characteristics and clinical data available at diagnosis associated with death within 30 days of diagnosis

Characteristic	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval		p-value for Wald test
Age group
< 60 years	1.00
60–69 years	1.45	1.22	1.74	< 0.001
70–79 years	1.99	1.68	2.36	< 0.001
80+ years	2.44	2.03	2.94	< 0.001
Marital status
Partnered	1.00
Other	1.15	1.04	1.28	0.007
Gender
Male	1.00
Female	0.77	0.69	0.86	< 0.001
Smoker
Ever	1.00
Never	0.91	0.75	1.09	0.313
Unknown	1.27	1.10	1.46	< 0.001
Diagnosis episode admission^a
Elective	1.00
Emergency	2.96	2.61	3.37	< 0.001
Diagnosis episode Charlson score
0	1.00
1	1.32	1.15	1.52	< 0.001
> 1	1.44	1.25	1.65	< 0.001
Stage
Stage 0/I/II	1.00
Stage III	2.12	1.73	2.62	< 0.001
Stage IV	3.37	2.77	4.11	< 0.001
Un-staged	3.47	2.76	4.37	< 0.001
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	1.00
Carcinoma	1.17	0.97	1.41	0.095
Large cell	1.71	1.32	2.20	< 0.001
Unspecified malignant	2.91	2.49	3.41	< 0.001
Small cell	1.50	1.28	1.76	< 0.001
Squamous cell	0.84	0.71	0.98	0.034

^a The diagnosis episode was the episode where the lung cancer diagnosis was made or first episode occurring in the interval of 7 days before to 14 days after the lung cancer diagnosis

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