Table 1.
Distribution of multimorbidity (composite co-morbidity, functional limitation and geriatric syndromes) and other variables by standard treatment
| Variable of interest | Total Population n (% of total) |
Standard treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (row %) |
No n (row %) |
P-value | ||
| Demographics: | ||||
| Age: | ||||
| 65–69 | 174 (14.1) | 142 (81.6) | 32 (18.4) | |
| 70–74 | 265 (21.4) | 222 (83.8) | 43 (16.2) | |
| 75–79 | 339 (27.4) | 255 (75.2) | 84 (24.8) | |
| 80–84 | 281 (22.7) | 171 (60.9) | 110 (39.2) | |
| 85+ | 177 (14.3) | 86 (48.6) | 91 (51.4) | <0.0001 |
| Race: | ||||
| African-American | 97 (7.9) | 67 (69.1) | 30 (30.9) | |
| All others | 1139 (92.2) | 809 (71.0) | 330 (29.0) | 0.6841 |
| Sex: | ||||
| Men | 276 (22.3) | 184 (66.7) | 92 (33.3) | |
| Women | 960 (77.7) | 692 (72.1) | 268 (27.9) | 0.0809 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 478(38.7) | 358 (74.9) | 120 (25.1) | |
| other | 758 (61.3) | 518 (68.3) | 240 (31.7) | 0.0135 |
| Cancer Stage: | ||||
| Local | 635 (51.4) | 584 (92.0) | 51 (8.0) | |
| Regional | 601 (48.6) | 292 (48.6) | 309 (51.4) | <0.0001 |
| Cancer Site: | ||||
| Breast | 601 (48.6) | 470 (78.2) | 131 (21.8) | |
| Colon | 635 (51.4) | 406 (63.9) | 229 (36.1) | <0.0001 |
| Multimorbidity: | ||||
| 0 | 262 (21.2) | 205 (78.2) | 57 (21.8) | |
| 1 | 448 (36.3) | 339 (75.7) | 109 (24.3) | |
| 2 | 371 (30.0) | 240 (64.7) | 131 (35.3) | |
| 3 | 155(12.5) | 92(59.4) | 63(40.7) | <0.0001 |
| Total | 1236 (100.0) | 876 (100.0) | 360 (100.0) | |