TABLE 3.

Association Between Subject Characteristics and Overall Survival

	Univariate Analysis				Multivariate Analysis
Patient Characteristics	Hazard Ratio for Death	95% CI	p	Overall p Value	Hazard Ratio for Death	95% CI	p	Overall p Value
Age				0.84				0.06
<65 yr	1.02	0.87–1.20			1.23	0.99–1.53
≥65 yr	Reference				Reference
Gender				0.02				0.04
Male	Reference				Reference
Female	0.84	0.72–0.98			0.85	0.72–0.99
Race				0.53				0.94
White	Reference				Reference
Non-white	1.05	0.90–1.22			0.99	0.85–1.16
Insurance type				<0.001				0.23
No insurance	1.38	1.14–1.67	<0.001		1.08	0.89–1.32	0.44
Medicaid	1.21	0.87–1.68	0.28		1.18	0.84–1.65	0.33
Medicare	1.25	1.02–1.54	0.04		1.29	1.00–1.66	0.05
Private insurance	Reference				Reference
Year of diagnosis				0.45				0.33
2000–2003	Reference				Reference
2004–2007	1.06	0.91–1.24			1.08	0.93–1.27
Chemotherapy administration				<0.001				<0.001
Yes	Reference				Reference
No	2.64	2.26–3.08			2.81	2.38–3.31

CI, confidence interval.