High stage at diagnosis almost reached statistical significance in the analysis of just the NHL patients (odds ratio=3.48; P =0.068) after adjustment for other factors.
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marginally nonsignificantP =0.068
NHL patients The analysis of the NHL patients only showed that patients with high stage disease had 3.5 times the risk of developing an SPM than those diagnosed with low stage disease although this was marginally nonsignificant after adjustment for other factors in the multivariate model ( P =0.068).
bordered on significanceP =0.12
Bronchial carcinoma SPM When additional logistic regression analysis was undertaken on the 13 triples for the patients having an SPM in the lung, there were no statistically significant risk factors, although treatment modality bordered on significance when it was grouped up as the rest vs combination RT and CT (odds ratio: 3.70; 95% CI: 0.72, 18.97; P =0.12).
Histological subtype did not reach statistical significance in this study (as a risk factor for developing an SPM).
Most recently, in a study of 88 cases out of a cohort of 5519 ( Swerdlow et al , 2001 ), borderline significance was found for MOPP chemotherapy compared to other treatment regimens.