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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Nov 15;22(1):91–101. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0545

Table 1.

Treatment status, health status, and demographic features of subject who did and did not receive KRAS testing as part of their clinical care for colorectal cancer. P-values are unadjusted, from chi-square tests.

Characteristic Value Tested Not Tested p-value Characteristic Value Tested Not Tested p-value
Chemotherapy Regimens 0 13 171 <.0001 Race White 306 520 <.0001
1 28 146 Asian 42 52
2 75 99 Black 37 90
3 117 53 Pacific Is. 13 11
4 80 49 Am. Indian 2 4
>5 264 93 Other 10 31
Unknown 15 55

Surgery1 No 105 351 <.0001 Ethnicity Not Hispanic 319 592 0.0984
Yes 322 410 Hispanic 27 45

Referral to Med. Oncology No 5 166 <.0001 Gender Male 222 379 0.1368
Yes 407 610 Female 205 381

BMI Category <20 17 61 <.0001 Household Income < $40K 95 221 0.0024
20-24 89 165 $40K - $59K 142 263
25-29 122 182 $60K - $79K 90 141
≥ 30 114 150 ≥ $80K 63 107

Age at diagnosis, years < 50 63 75 <.0001 % High School Education < 50% 4 12 <.0001
50-59 124 110 50-69% 36 63
60-69 143 149 70-89% 197 383
70-79 73 230 ≥ 90% 166 260
≥ 80 22 199

Charlson co-morbidity Index 0 291 356 <.0001 Year of Metastatic Diagnosis 2006 50 211 <.0001
1 170 176 2007 123 228
2 54 80 2008 179 194
3 12 18 2009 93 110

4 8 13 Medicare No 274 581 <.0001
≥ 5 2 8 Yes 150 183

Any EGFR inhibitor No 262 674 <.0001 Organization A 44 57 <.0001
Yes 164 88 B 170 256

Survival Interval, years (if deceased) 0.5 28 438 0.0010 C 57 92
0.5–1 36 94 D 66 127
1 – 2 73 131 E 37 87
≥ 2 241 147 F 18 44

Family History of Cancer No 129 220 <.0001 G 37 96

Yes 214 296 Cancer Stage III 120 146 <.0001
Unk 86 243 IV 313 609
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Colectomy or hemicolectomy