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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Aug 1;116(15):3558–3568. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25153

Table 6.

Association of Clinical and Non-Clinical Factors to Chemotherapy in Men with Invasive Breast Cancer and to Tamoxifen or Aromatase Inhibitors in Men with Estrogen Receptor Positive Invasive Tumors

Invasive tumors Chemotherapy ER positive/borderline tumors Tamoxifen or Aromatase Inhibitor
95% CI
95% CI
p-value OR LL UL p-value OR LL UL
Tumor Size <0.01 0.74
 <2 cm 1.0 1.0
 2-<5cm 2.5 1.5 4.3 0.9 0.6 1.5
 5+ cm 1.7 0.6 5.3 1.3 0.4 3.9
Nodal status <0.0001 0.22
 Positive nodes 1.0 1.0
 Negative/other 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.2
Estrogen Receptor status 0.06
 Positive/borderline 1.0
 Negative/other 0.5 0.2 1.0
Charlson Score 0.73 0.65
 Zero 1.0 1.0
 1+ 0.9 0.5 1.6 0.9 0.5 1.5
Age <0.0001 0.05
 <50 1.0 1.0
 50-59 1.1 0.4 2.8 2.9 1.2 7
 60-69 0.8 0.3 1.9 2.3 1.03 5.4
 70-79 0.3 0.1 0.8 2.3 0.95 5.5
 80+ 0.03 0.01 0.1 1.2 0.5 3
Race/ethnicity 0.78 0.23
 Non-Hispanic White 1.0 1.0
 Non-Hispanic Black 0.8 0.4 1.7 0.8 0.4 1.6
 Other 0.8 0.4 1.9 1.8 0.8 3.9
Marital Status <0.01 0.79
 Married 1.0 1
 Not married 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.1 0.6 1.8
Insurance 0.07 0.24
 Private 1.0 1.0
 Any Medicaid 1.5 0.6 3.9 0.5 0.2 1.4
 Medicare only 2.6 1.2 5.8 1.1 0.5 2.2
 No insurance/Unknown 0.6 0.2 2.1 0.4 0.1 1.2
Residency training 0.08 0.07
 No/unknown 1.0 1.0
 Yes 0.6 0.4 1.1 1.6 0.96 2.6
Hospital bed size 0.46 0.3
 <200, OPD 1.0 1.0
 200-299 1.0 0.5 2.0 0.8 0.4 1.6
 300-399 0.8 0.4 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.9
 400-499 1.6 0.7 3.7 1.9 0.9 4.0
 500+ 0.8 0.4 1.9 1.3 0.6 2.7