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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Oct 1;115(19):4595–4605. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24487

Table 3.

Likelihood of Receiving Surgery and Adequate Lymph Node Examination by Race/Ethnicity and Birthplace

Receipt of Surgery
Receipt of Adequate Lymph Node Examination*
Race/Ethnicity Adjusted RR (95% CI) Adjusted RR (95% CI)
Non-Hispanic White 1.00 1.00
All API 1.08 (1.05–1.11) 1.24 (1.15–1.33)
API by birthplace
 US-born 1.09 (1.03–1.14) 1.14 (1.00–1.32)
 Foreign-born 1.06 (1.03–1.09) 1.29 (1.19–1.41)
 Unknown 1.13 (1.09–1.17) 1.21 (1.08–1.37)
*

Adjusted for year of diagnosis, age, marital status, sex, SEER registry, tumor location, stage at diagnosis, grade, and histology.

Among the subset of patients who received surgery and known lymph node examination.

Adjusted for year of diagnosis, age, marital status, sex, registry, tumor location, stage at diagnosis, grade, histology, and type of surgery.