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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jul 10;26(20):3380–3386. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.6027

Table 5.

Age- and Multivariable-Adjusted Odds Ratios for County Sociodemographic Variables and Clinical Treatment Trial Accrual in Maryland, 1999 to -2002

County Variable Female Male

Percentage Accrued Age-Adjusted Adjusted* Percentage
Accrued
Age-Adjusted Adjusted*

n % OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) n % OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Material
Deprivation
Summary
Score
Quartile 1 195 2.91 1.00 1.00 110 1.48 1.00 1.00
Quartile 2 527 3.22 0.79 (0.51-1.23) 0.76 (0.50-1.15) 340 1.67 1.05 (0.81-1.36) 1.03 (0.81-1.30)
Quartile 3 367 2.14 0.72 (0.46-1.14) 0.66 (0.42-1.04) 238 1.47 0.95 (0.72-1.27) 0.91 (0.71-1.18)
Quartile 4 223 1.58 0.34 (0.19-0.60) 0.45 (0.23-0.89) 225 1.62 0.71 (0.49-1.03) 0.83 (0.49-1.40)
p for trend <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

Social
Class
Summary
Score
Quartile 1 102 1.67 1.00 1.00 120 1.46 1.00 1.00
Quartile 2 91 2.29 2.16 (1.01-4.61) 1.60 (0.86-2.98) 65 1.44 1.46 (0.97-2.20) 1.31 (0.87-1.99)
Quartile 3 558 2.73 2.67 (1.86-3.84) 2.12 (1.82-2.46) 359 1.50 1.44 (1.13-1.82) 1.34 (1.15-1.56)
Quartile 4 561 3.15 3.01 (2.21-4.12) 2.29 (1.84-2.83) 369 1.85 1.71 (1.38-2.11) 1.57 (1.32-1.86)
p for trend 0.018 0.011 <0.001 <0.001

Percent Non-
White **
Quartile 1 141 2.57 1.00 1.00 92 1.25 1.00 1.00
Quartile 2 302 2.64 1.20 (0.70-2.07) 1.19 (0.69-2.04) 174 1.59 1.09 (0.83-1.44) 1.08 (0.83-1.42)
Quartile 3 396 2.23 1.01 (0.57-1.76) 1.02 (0.59-1.75) 260 1.70 1.14 (0.86-1.51) 1.15 (0.86-1.53)
Quartile 4 473 2.34 0.66 (0.31-1.38) 0.67 (0.33-1.38) 387 1.71 0.95 (0.65-1.39) 0.97 (0.66-1.40)
p for trend 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001

Percent Rural ***
Quartile 1 981 2.82 1.00 1.00 698 1.94 1.00 1.00
Quartile 2 174 2.27 1.28 (0.86-1.91) 1.06 (0.66-1.68) 112 1.41 0.98 (0.78-1.24) 0.90 (0.69-1.17)
Quartile 3 105 2.54 1.50 (1.02-2.23) 1.21 (0.81-1.80) 69 1.56 1.10 (1.02-1.19) 1.01 (0.89-1.15)
Quartile 4 52 2.22 1.24 (1.04-1.49) 1.03 (0.87-1.21) 34 1.34 0.93 (0.70-1.23) 0.85 (0.63-1.15)
p for trend 0.124 0.456 0.295 0.809

ACOS
Approved
Hospitals
~ ~ 1.02 (0.79-1.31) 0.91 (0.80-1.02) ~ ~ 1.01 (0.91-1.12) 0.95 (0.88-1.04)

Oncologists ~ ~ 0.93 (0.73-1.17) 0.96 (0.87-1.06) ~ ~ 1.03 (0.91-1.16) 1.04 (0.98-1.12)

OR=Odds Ratio and CI= Confidence Interval; %=number of trial participants/number of cancer cases*100

*

Models are adjusted for racial composition of county, age distribution of clinical trials patients, and rural classification of counties.

**

Adjusted model is adjusted for age distribution of clinical trials patients and the rural classification of counties.

***

Adjusted model is adjusted for racial composition of county and age distribution of clinical trials patients.

NOTE: Material deprivation measures include percent of: persons living in poverty, households without a car, unemployed persons age 16 and older, and owner-unoccupied housing. Social class summary score includes percent of: high school graduates among persons 25 and older, persons with graduate or professional degrees, persons employed in white collar jobs, and median household income.