Table 3.

Distribution and Risk of Diagnosis and Surgical Delay Comparing African American with White Women

	African American	White	Unadjusted relative risk (95% CI)
Diagnosis delay	n=295	n=327
Median*	49 days	36 days	—
≥2 months	40.0%	25.4%	1.58 (1.25–1.99)
≥3 months	26.4%	17.5%	1.52 (1.12–2.05)
Surgical delay	n=271	n=304
Median*	32 days	29 days	—
≥2 months	19.6%	7.9%	2.48 (1.57–3.90)
≥3 months	6.6%	1.0%	6.73 (2.00–22.60)

^*p<0.05.

CI, confidence interval.