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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2014 Nov 4;121(5):790–799. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29092

Table 5.

Receipt of Breast Conservation Surgery with RT versus No RT

Age<65 (N=2,430) Age 65+ (N=1,291)


Predictors OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Age (per year) 0.98 0.96–1.00 0.053 0.88 0.85–0.90 <.001
Race
  White (ref)
  Black 0.91 0.66–1.26 0.566 0.71 0.47–1.07 0.117
  Hispanic 0.95 0.56–1.62 0.855 0.40 0.21–0.82 0.012
  Other 0.82 0.49–1.37 0.447 0.50 0.22–1.19 0.101
Health Insurance
  Public (ref)
  Private 1.22 0.81–1.83 0.350 0.75 0.44–1.27 0.283
  Uninsured/NA 0.99 0.54–1.80 0.962 1.05 0.55–2.00 0.891
Census tract education
  Low (ref)
  High 1.20 0.80–1.82 0.376 1.26 0.76–2.08 0.370
Rural/Urban Residence
  Urban (ref)
  Urban Rural Mix 0.98 0.69–1.38 0.896 1.22 0.82–1.83 0.334
  Rural 1.51 0.91–2.51 0.107 1.14 0.68–1.91 0.613
Census tract poverty
  20% + (ref)
  <20% 1.13 0.75–1.70 0.566 1.04 0.60–1.80 0.885
Comorbidity index score
  None (ref)
  Mild 1.38 0.97–1.96 0.072 0.97 0.62–1.52 0.894
  Moderate/Severe 0.86 0.54–1.36 0.519 0.52 0.31–0.87 0.012
CoC Surgery facility status
  No (ref)
  Yes 1.46 1.03–2.07 0.037 1.08 0.75–1.56 0.673
Tumor size (cm)
  < 0.5 (ref)
  0.5–1 2.22 1.25–3.94 0.008 1.65 0.91–3.01 0.103
  > 1 – 2 1.89 1.07–3.34 0.034 1.60 0.92–2.75 0.094
  > 2 – 5 1.22 0.68–2.21 0.512 1.07 0.54–2.11 0.857
  > 5 0.47 0.11–1.89 0.285 0.90 0.13–6.25 0.914
Lymph node status
   Negative (ref)
   Positive 0.67 0.43–1.04 0.077 0.70 0.40–1.21 0.204
Stage
    DCIS (ref)
    Stage I 2.94 2.03–4.26 <0.001 2.16 1.39–3.35 0.001
    Stage II 1.96 1.15–3.31 0.013 2.37 1.19–4.75 0.015
    Stage IIIA 6.03 1.56–23.3 0.009 2.90 0.22–39.0 0.422