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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2015 Feb 20;137(2):203–209. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.02.013

Table 2. Univariate analysis of use and duration of use of chemotherapy for high-risk patients.

High-risk Duration of chemotherapy for high-risk patients


No chemotherapy Chemotherapy ≤3 months 4-8 months

N (%) N (%) P-value N (%) N (%) P-value
212 (28.1) 542 (71.9) 215 (44.2) 271 (55.8)
Age (years) <0.001 0.45
65-69 32 (15.1) 172 (31.7) 64 (29.8) 94 (34.7)
70-74 39 (18.4) 187 (34.5) 79 (36.7) 84 (31.0)
75-79 45 (21.2) 105 (19.4) 40 (18.6) 57 (21.0)
≥80 96 (45.3) 78 (14.4) 32 (14.9) 36 (13.3)
Race 0.10 0.24
White 184 (86.8) 498 (91.9) 200 (93.0) 246 (90.8)
Black 11 (5.2) 19 (3.5) * * * *
Other/unknown 17 (8.0) 25 (4.6) * * * *
Year of diagnosis 0.68 0.20
1992-1996 43 (20.3) 101 (18.6) 32 (14.9) 60 (22.1)
1997-2001 54 (25.5) 126 (23.3) 54 (25.1) 59 (21.8)
2002-2005 57 (26.9) 143 (26.4) 62 (28.8) 67 (24.7)
2006-2009 58 (27.4) 172 (31.7) 67 (31.2) 85 (31.4)
Marital status <0.001 0.17
Married 78 (36.8) 277 (51.1) 119 (55.4) 133 (49.1)
Unmarried/unknown 134 (63.2) 265 (48.9) 96 (44.7) 138 (50.9)
Area of residence 0.15 0.98
Metropolitan 184 (86.8) 490 (90.4) 195 (90.7) 246 (90.8)
Non-metropolitan 28 (13.2) 52 (9.6) 20 (9.3) 25 (9.2)
SEER registry 0.41 0.35
Eastern 43 (20.3) 130 (24.0) 45 (20.9) 72 (26.6)
Midwest 90 (42.5) 234 (43.2) 97 (45.1) 114 (42.1)
West 79 (37.3) 178 (32.8) 73 (34.0) 85 (31.4)
Socioeconomic status 0.002 0.02
Lowest (first) quintile 34 (16.0) 55 (10.2) 15 (7.0) 31 (11.4)
Second quintile 47 (22.2) 89 (16.4) 35 (16.3) 44 (16.2)
Third quintile 51 (24.1) 126 (23.3) 62 (28.8) 49 (18.1)
Fourth quintile 45 (21.2) 115 (21.2) 38 (17.7) 68 (25.1)
Highest (fifth) 35 (16.5) 157 (29.0) 65 (30.2) 79 (29.2)
quintile/unknown
Comorbidity score 0.001 0.14
0 127 (59.9) 377 (69.6) 142 (66.1) 193 (71.2)
1 46 (21.7) 119 (22.0) 57 (26.5) 52 (19.2)
≥2 39 (18.4) 46 (8.5) 16 (7.4) 26 (9.6)
Lymphadenectomy <0.001 0.001
No/unknown 135 (63.7) 246 (45.4) 79 (36.7) 139 (51.3)
Yes 77 (36.3) 296 (54.6) 136 (63.3) 132 (48.7)
Omentectomy <0.001 0.60
No 90 (42.5) 150 (27.7) 55 (25.6) 75 (27.7)
Yes 122 (57.6) 392 (72.3) 160 (74.4) 196 (72.3)
Histology 0.20 0.75
Serous 61 (28.8) 196 (36.2) 78 (36.3) 101 (37.3)
Mucinous 24 (11.3) 60 (11.1) 21 (9.8) 32 (11.8)
Endometrioid 45 (21.2) 119 (22.0) 44 (20.5) 61 (22.5)
Clear cell 54 (25.5) 118 (21.8) 49 (22.8) 55 (20.3)
Other 28 (13.2) 49 (9.0) 23 (10.7) 22 (8.1)
Grade 0.13 0.83
1 22 (10.4) 39 (7.2) 14 (6.5) 21 (7.8)
2 29 (13.7) 102 (18.8) 37 (17.2) 52 (19.2)
3 116 (54.7) 308 (56.8) 129 (60.0) 152 (56.1)
Unknown 45 (21.2) 93 (17.2) 35 (16.3) 46 (17.0)
Stage <0.001 0.003
IA 100 (47.2) 164 (30.3) 84 (39.1) 65 (24.0)
IB * * 29 (5.4) * * * *
IC 98 (46.2) 336 (62.0) 119 (55.4) 181 (66.8)
INOS * * 13 (2.4) * * * *
*

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