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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Sep 4.
Published before final editing as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2026 Aug 22;17(8):103094. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2026.103094

Table 2.

Hazard Ratios (HRs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CIs) of the Association between Social Determinants of Health, Covariates, and Overall Survival Stratified by Cancer Type.

Variable Breast Prostate Colorectal Lung
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
SVI Quartile
Q1 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref)
Q2 1.08 (1.00, 1.17) 1.04 (0.96, 1.13) 1.14 (1.03, 1.26) 1.07 (0.97, 1.18) 1.11 (1.04, 1.19) 1.10 (1.03, 1.17) 1.15 (1.10, 1.20) 1.13 (1.09, 1.18)
Q3 1.23 (1.13, 1.33) 1.17 (1.08, 1.27) 1.30 (1.18, 1.44) 1.19 (1.08, 1.31) 1.13 (1.06, 1.21) 1.10 (1.03, 1.18) 1.15 (1.10, 1.21) 1.13 (1.08, 1.18)
Q4 1.23 (1.14, 1.34) 1.16 (1.07, 1.26) 1.41 (1.27, 1.56) 1.24 (1.12, 1.38) 1.19 (1.12, 1.28) 1.15 (1.08, 1.23) 1.08 (1.00, 1.16) 1.05 (0.98, 1.13)
Rural-Urban Status
Metropolitan 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref)
Micropolitan 0.98 (0.89, 1.07) 0.91 (0.83, 1.00) 1.31 (1.19, 1.43) 1.19 (1.09, 1.31) 1.06 (1.00, 1.14) 1.03 (0.96, 1.10) 1.05 (0.99, 1.11) 1.03 (0.98, 1.09)
Small Town 1.08 (0.97, 1.21) 1.01 (0.91, 1.13) 1.28 (1.15, 1.42) 1.17 (1.05, 1.30) 1.06 (0.99, 1.14) 1.01 (0.95, 1.09) 1.01 (0.96, 1.07) 0.99 (0.93, 1.04)
Rural 1.20 (1.04, 1.37) 1.09 (0.95, 1.25) 1.11 (0.91, 1.35) 1.00 (0.83, 1.21) 1.07 (0.98, 1.18) 1.01 (0.91, 1.13) 1.09 (1.06, 1.14) 1.08 (1.04, 1.12)
Insurance Status
Private 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref)
Medicare 1.88 (1.72, 2.06) 1.86 (1.70, 2.04) 2.36 (2.14, 2.61) 2.30 (2.08, 2.54) 1.31 (1.22, 1.41) 1.30 (1.21, 1.40) 1.11 (1.06, 1.16) 1.10 (1.05, 1.16)
Public (non-Medicare) 1.82 (1.62, 2.05) 1.79 (1.59, 2.01) 1.96 (1.73, 2.22) 1.92 (1.69, 2.18) 1.62 (1.47, 1.79) 1.60 (1.45, 1.76) 1.28 (1.18, 1.40) 1.27 (1.17, 1.39)
Insured, NOS 1.12 (0.99, 1.26) 1.11 (0.98, 1.26) 1.05 (0.90, 1.23) 1.05 (0.90, 1.22) 1.08 (0.93, 1.24) 1.08 (0.94, 1.24) 1.21 (1.07, 1.37) 1.20 (1.07, 1.35)
Uninsured 2.52 (2.11, 3.02) 2.47 (2.06, 2.95) 3.28 (2.74, 3.92) 3.17 (2.65, 3.80) 1.56 (1.38, 1.77) 1.54 (1.36, 1.74) 1.54 (1.41, 1.69) 1.53 (1.40, 1.68)
Age at Diagnosis 1.14 (1.14, 1.15) 1.14 (1.14, 1.15) 1.13 (1.13, 1.14) 1.13 (1.13, 1.14) 1.20 (1.20, 1.21) 1.20 (1.20, 1.21) 1.19 (1.18, 1.20) 1.19 (1.18, 1.20) 1.10 (1.10, 1.11) 1.10 (1.10, 1.11) 1.10 (1.10, 1.10) 1.10 (1.10, 1.10) 1.07 (1.07, 1.07) 1.07 (1.07, 1.07) 1.07 (1.07, 1.07) 1.07 (1.07, 1.07)
Race
White 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref)
Black 1.06 (0.99, 1.13) 1.11 (1.04, 1.19) 1.07 (1.00, 1.14) 1.02 (0.95, 1.09) 1.08 (1.01, 1.16) 1.20 (1.12, 1.28) 1.10 (1.03, 1.18) 1.05 (0.98, 1.13) 1.08 (1.03, 1.14) 1.13 (1.08, 1.19) 1.09 (1.04, 1.15) 1.06 (1.00, 1.11) 0.99 (0.93, 1.06) 0.99 (0.94, 1.05) 0.98 (0.92, 1.03) 0.99 (0.92, 1.05)
Other 0.46 (0.32, 0.67) 0.46 (0.31, 0.66) 0.43 (0.29, 0.63) 0.43 (0.30, 0.64) 0.97 (0.71, 1.34) 1.01 (0.73, 1.39) 0.96 (0.70, 1.30) 0.97 (0.71, 1.32) 0.66 (0.53, 0.83) 0.66 (0.53, 0.83) 0.64 (0.50, 0.81) 0.64 (0.50, 0.81) 0.89 (0.78, 1.00) 0.88 (0.77, 1.00) 0.87 (0.77, 0.99) 0.88 (0.77, 1.00)
Sex
Male NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref)
Female NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.81 (0.77, 0.84) 0.81 (0.77, 0.84) 0.80 (0.77, 0.84) 0.80 (0.77, 0.84) 0.91 (0.88, 0.94) 0.91 (0.88, 0.94) 0.91 (0.88, 0.94) 0.91 (0.88, 0.94)
Stage at Diagnosis
Early 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref)
Late 1.96 (1.86, 2.06) 1.97 (1.87, 2.08) 1.92 (1.82, 2.02) 1.92 (1.82, 2.02) 1.33 (1.24, 1.43) 1.34 (1.24, 1.44) 1.34 (1.25, 1.44) 1.34 (1.24, 1.43) 1.48 (1.41, 1.55) 1.48 (1.41, 1.55) 1.46 (1.40, 1.54) 1.47 (1.40, 1.54) 1.32 (1.23, 1.42) 1.33 (1.23, 1.43) 1.31 (1.22, 1.40) 1.31 (1.22, 1.40)
Subtype
HR+/HER2+ 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) 1.0 (Ref) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
HR+/HER2− 1.14 (1.03, 1.25) 1.13 (1.03, 1.24) 1.14 (1.04, 1.25) 1.14 (1.04, 1.25) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
HR−/HER2+ 1.29 (1.13, 1.49) 1.28 (1.12, 1.47) 1.32 (1.15, 1.51) 1.31 (1.14, 1.51) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
TNBC 1.50 (1.34, 1.68) 1.49 (1.33, 1.66) 1.47 (1.32, 1.64) 1.47 (1.32, 1.64) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Statistical significance set at α=0.05.

Bold indicates statistical significance.

Model 1: social vulnerability index (SVI) adjusted for covariates: age at diagnosis, race, sex (colorectal and lung cancer), stage at diagnosis, subtype (breast cancer)

Model 2: rural-urban status adjusted for covariates

Model 3: insurance status adjusted for covariates

Model 4: SVI, rural-urban status, insurance status adjusted for covariates

Estimated using Cox proportional hazards regression models with robust standard errors to account for census tract clustering

Abbreviations: HER2, human epidermal growth factor-2; HR, hormone receptor; NA, not applicable; NOS, not otherwise specified; TNBC, triple-negative breast cancer.