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. 2011 Sep 19;29(30):4045–4053. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.36.2954

Table 1.

Demographics and Health Provider Characteristics of AYA Patients by Clinical Trial Enrollment

Characteristic Clinical Trial Enrollment
P
Yes
No
Unknown
No. Wt % No. Wt % No. Wt %
Total 191 14 1,080 79.5 87 6.5
Cancer type < .001
    NHL 30 6.4 292 84.9 19 8.7
    HL 43 13.2 279 75.6 24 11.2
    ALL 68 37.4 109 57.7 10 4.9
    Germ cell 4 0.3 291 88.7 23 11.0
    Sarcoma 46 32.1 109 61.9 11 6.0
AJCC stage, 6th edition < .001
    I 13 2.0 335 83.9 29 14.1
    II 44 11.8 234 78.7 15 9.5
    III 20 10.0 140 85.8 8 4.2
    IV 23 11.8 155 78.7 11 9.5
    Unknown/NA 91 27.5 216 65.3 24 7.2
Age, years < .001
    15-19 107 34.3 167 62.0 9 3.7
    20-24 34 8.8 230 78.8 19 12.4
    25-29 34 3.4 231 90.1 17 6.5
    30-34 18 5.0 226 85.1 24 9.9
    35-39 17 3.7 226 81.6 18 14.7
Race/ethnicity < .001
    Non-Hispanic white 89 8.9 491 80.5 41 10.6
    Non-Hispanic black 29 11.2 179 82.4 13 6.4
    Hispanic 54 9.7 289 80.7 21 9.6
    Asian/Pacific Islander 18 10.4 110 81.1 11 8.5
    American Indian/Alaskan Native 1 7.1 11 85.8 1 7.1
Sex .02
    Male 111 8.3 657 82.5 45 9.2
    Female 80 11.9 423 76.7 42 11.4
No. of comorbidities .32
    0 133 9.4 738 79.8 62 10.8
    1 36 9.5 222 84.3 16 6.2
    ≥ 2 22 9.0 120 81.3 9 9.6
Insurance < .001
    None 6 3.2 122 84.2 1 12.6
    Private 64 13.9 239 73.0 24 13.1
    HMO 73 7.3 483 85.2 28 7.5
    Any Medicaid 41 14.1 199 77.6 23 8.3
    Other/unknown 7 12.7 37 67.3 11 20
Physician specialty < .001
    Pediatric oncology only 25 70.5 11 29.5 0 0
    Hematology/oncology only 21 11.0 128 82.7 7 6.3
    Pediatric oncology and other 71 43.3 72 54.8 3 1.9
    Hematology/oncology and other 69 6.6 660 84.4 47 9.0
    Other specialty only/unknown 5 2.0 209 85.7 30 12.3
Treating hospital size, No. of beds < .001
    Outpatient 3 11.5 24 77.6 3 10.9
    < 200 22 5.8 202 82.2 21 12.0
    200-299 36 7.7 189 79.5 18 12.8
    300-399 36 8.6 216 78.8 17 12.6
    ≥ 400 91 12.4 438 82.7 26 4.8
    Unknown 3 33.8 9 52.9 2 13.3
Residency training program < .001
    Yes 159 12.3 713 83.2 40 4.5
    No/unknown 32 5.3 367 77.4 47 17.3

Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AYA, adolescent and young adult; HL, Hodgkin's lymphoma; HMO, health maintenance organization; NA, not applicable; NHL, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Wt, weighted.