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. 2014 Jun 10;111(3):608–618. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.310

Table 4. Likelihood of receipt of lung cancer chemotherapy, by SEP, adjusted for selected patient, tumour and system factors, for staged subgroup.

 
Receiving chemotherapy (2732/7769)
Unadjusted (n=7769)
Adjusted – sex, age, year, CCI, GP referral, stage, PS, histological subtype (n=7769, R2=35.86%)
Variable N % OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Deprivation quintile
2732
35.2
 
 
 
0.19
 
 
 
0.34
1 (Least deprived) 351 37.7 1.00       1.00      
2 414 37.0 0.97 0.81 1.16   1.00 0.80 1.26  
3 445 34.2 0.86 0.72 1.02   1.04 0.83 1.31  
4 638 34.8 0.88 0.75 1.04   0.92 0.74 1.14  
5 (Most deprived)
884
34.1
0.86
0.73
1.00
 
0.88
0.72
1.08
 
Sex
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.78
Female 1255 35.3         1.00      
Male
1477
35.1
 
 
 
 
1.02
0.90
1.15
 
Age group
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<0.001
<60 690 66.3         1.00      
60–69 1103 50.4         0.57 0.48 0.69  
70–79 821 28.9         0.27 0.22 0.32  
80+
118
7.0
 
 
 
 
0.06
0.05
0.08
 
Year of diagnosis
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.03
2006 211 31.5         1.00      
2007 323 37.3         1.48 1.13 1.93  
2008 556 35.7         1.39 1.09 1.77  
2009 758 35.4         1.46 1.09 1.95  
2010
884
34.9
 
 
 
 
1.46
1.08
1.97
 
CCI score
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.03
0 353 35.5         1.00      
1–2 203 23.7         0.74 0.57 0.95  
3+ 40 17.7         0.68 0.43 1.07  
Missing 800 40.5         1.05 0.84 1.33  
Unavailable
1336
36.0
 
 
 
 
0.92
0.74
1.15
 
GP referral
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<0.001
No 603 24.9         1.00      
Yes
2129
39.8
 
 
 
 
1.98
1.72
2.28
 
Stage
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<0.001
I 223 18.8         1.00      
II 163 29.5         2.26 1.71 2.98  
III 1032 45.4         6.06 4.92 7.46  
IV
1314
35.0
 
 
 
 
4.70
3.84
5.75
 
Performance status
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<0.001
0 933 62.5         1.00      
1–2 1561 40.3         0.41 0.35 0.48  
3–4 78 4.4         0.03 0.02 0.04  
Missing
160
24.9
 
 
 
 
0.27
0.21
0.34
 
Histological subtype
2732
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<0.001
Adenocarcinoma 652 44.3         1.00      
Squamous cell 732 39.6         0.81 0.68 0.96  
Large cell 73 43.2         0.96 0.65 1.41  
Non-small cell 683 42.1         0.91 0.77 1.09  
Other (specified) 110 36.9         0.85 0.63 1.16  
Small cell 411 70.6         5.42 4.15 7.07  
Unspecified carcinoma 19 20.4         0.45 0.24 0.84  
Neoplasm 52 3.1         0.10 0.08 0.14  

Abbreviations: CCI score=Charlson comorbidity score; CI=confidence interval; IMD=Index of Multiple Deprivation; NSCLC=non-small cell lung cancer; OR=odds ratio; PS=performance status; SCLC=small cell lung cancer; SEP=socioeconomic position.