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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2010 Oct;48(10):892–899. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ef97df

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and receipt of treatment

N1 %1 % Initial
Mastectomy2
P3 % Recon after
Mastectomy2
P3

Tumor Size <.001 <.001
 <10 mm 372 22.7 15.9 48.3
 10–19 mm 509 31.1 19.1 36.5
 20–39 mm 440 26.9 27.9 27.9
 40+mm 210 12.8 47.9 34.3
 Missing 108 6.6 34.0 39.9

Histologic Grade <.001 .005
 1 272 16.6 14.4 45.6
 2 587 35.8 24.3 34.7
 3 592 36.1 30.5 32.5
 4 60 3.7 22.7 44.6
 Missing 128 7.8 28.9 33.9

Tumor Behavior <.001 <.001
 DCIS 330 20.1 14.4 56.3
 Invasive 1309 79.9 27.5 31.8

Contraindications to BCS <.001 .161
 No Contraindications 1423 86.8 16.9 36.3
 Contraindications 216 13.2 85.6 32.9

Age Group <.001 <.001
 <50 438 26.7 33.9 54.1
 50–64 721 44.0 22.8 37.4
 ≥65 480 29.3 21.2 8.2

Race .239 .038
 Latina 505 25.3 29.8 28.1
 Black 436 26.6 24.5 33.1
 White 749 45.7 23.8 38.4
 Other 39 2.4 25.8 22.5

Education .525 <.001
 H.S. Grad or Less 657 40.1 24.4 18.7
 Some College or More 982 59.9 25.3 42.2

Marital Status .703 <.001
 Not Married 728 44.4 25.3 25.7
 Married/Partner 911 55.6 24.8 41.6

SEER Site .003 <.001
 LA 884 53.9 23.9 32.0
 Detroit 755 46.1 27.9 43.5
1.

Values are expressed as number and unweighted percentages

2.

Values are expressed as weighted percentages to account for the sampling design

3.

P values test differences in distribution of receipt of treatment by subgroups