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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Jan 6;198(1):149–158. doi: 10.1007/s10549-022-06857-0

Table 2.

Prevalence ratio (PR) estimates of assisted reproductive technology (ART) use among women diagnosed with breast cancer in California between 2000 and 2015 (n=36,468)

Full sample (n=36,468) Received chemotherapy (n=24,908)

Characteristic Unadjusted PR (95% CI) Adjusted PR (95% CI)a

Age at diagnosis, years Unadjusted
 18–35 1.00 n/a 1.00
 36–45 0.17 (0.13 to 0.22) 0.18 (0.13 to 0.25)
Race and ethnicity Unadjusted
 Non-Hispanic White 1.00 1.00
 Non-Hispanic n/a
  Asian/Pacific 0.88 (0.63 to 1.25) 0.67 (0.43 to 1.04)
  Islander
 Non-Hispanic Black or Hispanic 0.31 (0.21 to 0.46) 0.30 (0.19 to 0.47)
Charlson comorbidity score at diagnosis
 0 1.00 1.00 1.00
 ≥1 0.83 (0.49 to 1.39) 1.04 (0.60 to 1.79) 1.19 (0.63 to 2.25)
Marital status at diagnosis
 Single/other 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Married 0.68 (0.52 to 0.90) 0.64 (0.47 to 0.86) 0.74 (0.52 to 1.06)
Parity at diagnosis
 0 children 1.00 1.00 1.00
 ≥1 child 0.43 (0.29 to 0.63) 0.39 (0.25 to 0.60) 0.42 (0.26 to 0.68)
Health insurance at diagnosis
 Public/other 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Private 3.87 (2.11 to 7.11) 2.89 (1.56 to 5.38) 2.06 (1.07 to 3.97)
Census tract–level SES at diagnosis
 Low or middle 1.00 1.00 1.00
 High 3.59 (2.56 to 5.01) 2.96 (2.07 to 4.25) 3.48 (2.18 to 5.55)
Rurality at diagnosis
 Urban 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Non-urban 0.16 (0.06 to 0.42) 0.28 (0.10 to 0.75) 0.31 (0.10 to 0.97)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SES, socioeconomic status.

a

Adjusted models included the following covariates: age at diagnosis, race and ethnicity, Charlson comorbidity score, marital status, parity, health insurance, census tract–level SES, and rurality.