Table 4. Factors Influencing Surgical Resection After Evaluation by Surgeon^*.

Factor (reference group)	Group	Odds Ratio	95% CI
Race/Ethnicity (white)	Black	0.68	0.48 – 0.95
Year of diagnosis (continuous)	Per increasing year	1.10	1.07 – 1.33
Age (continuous)	Per increasing year of age	0.92	0.90 – 0.93
Charlson score (score = 0)	Score = 1	0.93	0.76 – 1.14
	Score = 2	0.63	0.46 – 0.87
	Score = 3	0.54	0.35 – 0.82
Resectable (not resectable)	Resectable	5.73	4.45 – 7.38
Site of tumor (head)	Body/tail	1.34	1.02 – 1.77
	Not specified	0.45	0.35 – 0.58
Seen by oncologist (no)	Yes	0.68	0.57 – 0.82

^*Gender, abdominal imaging, evaluation by gastroenterologist, marital status, primary care physician, SEER region, income, education, and population were included in the model but did not influence surgical resection following surgical evaluation.

Complete data available in 2,758 of 2,872 patients.