Table 10.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with continent reconstruction ²³

Characteristic	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age (vs 65–69):
70–74	0.68 (0.54–0.87)
75–79	0.43 (0.33–0.55)
At least 80	0.19 (0.13–0.27)
Male	1.45 (1.15–1.84)
Race/ethnicity (vs white):
African American	0.43 (0.25–0.76)
Hispanic	0.92 (0.55–1.53)
Other	1.09 (0.66–1.80)
Married (vs not married)	1.13 (0.90–1.41)
Median income (vs ≥$75,000): *
Less than $20,000	0.70 (0.16–3.07)
$20,000-$49,999	1.22 (0.81–1.84)
$50,000-$74,000	1.43 (1.01–2.01)
College educated (vs less than 25%):*
25%-40%	1.14 (0.81–1.61)
At least 40%	1.54 (1.06–2.23)
Charlson score (vs 0):
1–2	0.97 (0.79–1.19)
3+	0.71 (0.51–0.97)
SEER registry (vs Los Angeles):
San Francisco	0.38 (0.26–0.56)
Connecticut	0.15 (0.11–0.22)
Detroit	0.16 (0.11–0.24)
Hawaii	0.10 (0.03–0.29)
Iowa	0.11 (0.07–0.17)
New Mexico	0.39 (0.23–0.66)
Seattle	1.22 (0.88–1.68)
Utah	0.22 (0.12–0.40)
Atlanta	1.17 (0.74–1.86)
San Jose	0.74 (0.48–1.13)
Surgery yr (vs 1992–1994):
1995–1997	1.56 (1.23–1.97)
1998–2000	1.98 (1.53–2.54)
Stage at least III (vs I)	0.85 (0.70–1.03)
Lymph nodes neg	1.04 (0.84–1.28)
Hospital type:
Academic	1.43 (1.14–1.81)
National Cancer Institute cancer center	5.50 (4.20–7.22)
High volume hospital (vs low)	1.49 (1.19–1.86)

^*Based on median income and percent college educated in subject's ZIP code.

SOURCE: SEER-Medicare.