Asian Americans have better outcomes of non-metastatic gastric cancer compared to other United States racial groups: A secondary analysis from a randomized study

Table 3 Multivariate Cox-regression analysis for factors affecting overall and disease-specific survival

Parameter	Overall survival		Disease-specific survival
	Hazard ratio (95%CI)	P value	Hazard ratio (95%CI)	P value
Race
White	Reference		Reference
Black	1.020 (0.717-1.453)	0.911	0.962 (0.684-1.353)	0.825
Asian	0.438 (0.254-0.754)	0.003	0.460 (0.280-0.755)	0.002
Lymph node ratio, continuous	3.004 (2.154-4.190)	< 0.001	2.471 (1.801-3.390)	< 0.001
T stage
T1	Reference		Reference
T2	1.680 (0.878- 3.215)	0.117	1.895 (1.020-3.520)	0.043
T3	2.517 (1.321-4.798)	0.005	3.042 (1.643-5.632)	< 0.001
T4	3.807 (1.731-8.361)	0.001	3.990 (1.885-8.443)	< 0.001
Primary site
Body/antrum/pylorus	Reference		Reference
GEJ/cardia/fundus	1.523 (1.138-2.037)	0.005	1.367 (1.042-1.793)	0.024

GEJ: Gastroesophageal junction; CI: Confidence interval.