TABLE 2.

Association Between Subject Characteristics and Administration of Chemotherapy

	Univariate Analysis				Multivariate Analysis
Patient Characteristics	Odds Ratio for Receiving Chemotherapy	95% CI	p	Overall p Value	Odds Ratio for Receiving Chemotherapy	95% CI	p	Overall p Value
Age				0.003				0.003
<65 yr	1.62	1.18–2.22			1.96	1.26–3.06
≥65 yr	Reference				Reference
Gender				0.23				0.43
Male	Reference				Reference
Female	1.20	0.89–1.62			1.13	0.83–1.54
Race				0.09				0.37
White	Reference				Reference
Non-white	0.77	0.58–1.04			0.87	0.64–1.18
Insurance type				<0.001				<0.001
No insurance	0.46	0.31–0.65	<0.001		0.44	0.30–0.64	<0.001
Medicaid	0.86	0.45–1.64	0.65		0.80	0.41–1.54	0.50
Medicare	0.55	0.36–0.82	0.004		0.85	0.51–1.41	0.53
Private insurance	Reference				Reference
Year of diagnosis				0.37				0.51
2000–2003	Reference				Reference
2004–2007	1.14	0.85–1.53			1.11	0.82–1.51

CI, confidence interval.