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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Mar 11;23(5):793–811. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0924

Table 3.

Association of individual and neighborhood SES with all-cause mortality by race/ethnicity: Hazard Ratios (HRs) with 95% Confidence Intervals, San Francisco Bay Area, 1995–2008 (with follow-up through 2009)

SES Variables Non-Hispanic White African-American Hispanic Asian-American

Base Modela Base + Education + SES Modelb Base Modela Base + Education + SES Modelb Base Modela Base + Education + SES Modelb Base Modela Base + Education + SES Modelb
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Education
 College degree+ 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Vocational/Some College 1.03 (0.78–1.36) 1.01 (0.76–1.34) 0.92 (0.65–1.31) 0.88 (0.62–1.26) 1.31 (0.83–2.06) 1.25 (0.79–1.97) 1.29 (0.74–2.23) 1.11 (0.63–1.97)
 =High School Degreec 1.27 (0.92–1.74) 1.19 (0.86–1.65) 1.03 (0.69–1.54) 0.92 (0.60–1.40) 1.20 (0.75–1. 92) 1.08 (0.66–1.77) 2.13 (1.283.52) 1.53 (0.89–2.62)
 <High School Degree 1.40 (0.96–2.06) 1.20 (0.80–1.80) 1.38 (0.90–2.11) 1.15 (0.73–1.81)
  p-trend 0.17 0.34 0.05 0.31 0.19 0.76 0.01 0.13

Neighborhood SES (nSES)e
 Q5-High SES 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Q4 1.15 (0.86–1.54) 1.12 (0.84–1.50) 0.65 (0.41–1.02) 0.66 (0.42–1.03) 1.12 (0.77–1.63) 1.12 (0.76–1.64) 2.14 (1.313.51) 1.99 (1.193.34)
 Q3 1.28 (0.86–1.91) 1.24 (0.83–1.85) 1.03 (0.67–1.59) 1.03 (0.66–1.61) 1.38 (0.96–1.99) 1.37 (0.92–2.02) 2.29 (1.244.23) 2.02 (1.073.82)
 Q2d 1.64 (0.91–2.94) 1.56 (0.86–2.83) 1.17 (0.80–1.71) 1.16 (0.78–1.71) 1.59 (1.072.36) 1.57 (1.032.38) 3.79 (1.897.61) 3.18 (1.516.70)
 Q1-Low SES 1.33 (0.86–2.05) 1.29 (0.82–2.03) 1.59 (0.94–2.67) 1.57 (0.92–2.71)
  p-trend 0.05 0.08 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01

Education & nSESf
 ≥ Some College, High SES 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 ≥ Some College, Low SES 1.22 (0.78–1.91) 1.61 (1.162.25) 1.41 (0.89–2.23) 1.89 (1.023.50)
 ≤HS Degree, High SES 1.19 (0.86–1.63) 1.44 (0.86–2.42) 0.99 (0.70–1.41) 1.84 (1.00–3.38)
 ≤HS Degree, Low SES 1.62 (1.022.56) 1.67 (1.202.32) 1.39 (1.011.92) 2.68 (1.375.23)
a

Adjusted for age at diagnosis (continuous), year of diagnosis (continuous), study eligibility (NC-BCFR high risk, NC-BCFR sporadic, SFBCS), nodal involvement (no, yes, unknown), histology (ductal, lobular, other), histological grade (1,2,3 & 4, unknown), joint ERPR status (ER−PR−, ER+ or PR+, unknown), type of surgery (none, lumpectomy, mastectomy, not otherwise specified, unknown), radiation (no, yes, unknown), chemotherapy (no, yes, unknown), subsequent primary tumor (yes, no) and clustering by block group, and stratified by AJCC stage (I, II, III, IV, unknown).

b

Adjusted for covariates of model 1 and clustering by block group (individual education and neighborhood SES in the same model), and stratified by AJCC stage (I, II, III, IV, unknown).

c

Education levels <high school graduate and high school graduate collapsed as for non-Hispanic whites and Asian-Americans due to small sample sizes.

d

Neighborhood SES quintiles 1 & 2 were collapsed for non-Hispanic Whites and Asian-Americans due to small sample sizes.

e

Neighborhood SES was measured using a composite measure of 7 Census indicator measures the YOST SES Index (29).

f

HS, high school. Education levels (<high school graduate and high school graduate) collapsed as <=high school graduate. Neighborhood SES levels collapsed as Q1–Q3:low SES; Q4–Q5: high SES.