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. 2015 Jun 24;6(8):727–733. doi: 10.7150/jca.11886

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of factors associated with the incidence and treatment with radiotherapy and surgery of all cancers and breast and pancreatic cancer, specifically

All Cancers Breast Pancreas
Variable‡ Percent ∆* 95% CI (+/-)† P-Value Percent ∆* 95% CI (+/-)† P-Value Percent ∆* 95% CI (+/-)† P-Value
Incidence Unemployment -2.20 0.60 <.001 -7.21 0.91 <.001 -2.58 0.73 <.001
Income quartile 1 18.97 3.22 <.001 -75.05 1.04 <.001 -69.95 0.96 <.001
Income quartile 2 21.60 3.05 <.001 -74.83 0.97 <.001 -65.01 1.03 <.001
Income quartile 3 -0.68 2.28 0.772 -62.77 1.31 <.001 -55.50 1.20 <.001
Education quartile 4 -25.29 1.92 <.001 26.14 4.97 <.001 57.70 4.76 <.001
Education quartile 3 -8.21 2.44 0.0029 5.26 4.29 0.2254 18.26 3.70 <.001
Education quartile 2 -7.03 2.48 0.0102 12.87 4.61 0.006 19.51 3.74 <.001
Black 32.95 2.94 <.001 -78.59 0.73 <.001 -56.26 1.14 <.001
Other Race -21.45 1.74 <.001 -82.43 0.60 <.001 -70.59 0.76 <.001
Surgery Unemployment -1.99 0.81 0.0157 -6.67 0.91 <.001 -2.37 0.33 <.001
Income quartile 1 -47.13 1.85 <.001 -76.50 0.97 <.001 -9.43 1.29 <.001
Income quartile 2 -46.16 1.75 <.001 -75.01 0.96 <.001 -5.07 1.25 <.001
Income quartile 3 -29.99 2.08 <.001 -62.94 1.30 <.001 -3.14 1.17 0.0121
Education quartile 4 0.31 3.33 0.9283 27.30 4.99 <.001 8.04 1.46 <.001
Education quartile 3 -7.19 3.20 0.0396 5.52 4.29 0.2026 2.14 1.43 0.1395
Education quartile 2 6.72 3.68 0.0713 14.42 4.65 0.0024 4.37 1.46 0.0042
Black -55.80 1.26 <.001 -80.71 0.65 <.001 -3.14 1.12 0.0093
Other Race -63.79 1.04 <.001 -83.00 0.57 <.001 -10.58 1.04 <.001
Radiotherapy Unemployment -9.08 0.89 <.001 -18.97 0.85 <.001 -1.86 0.38 <.001
Income quartile 1 -73.02 1.11 <.001 -78.83 0.97 <.001 -25.93 1.22 <.001
Income quartile 2 -70.89 1.11 <.001 -70.72 1.25 <.001 -19.17 1.24 <.001
Income quartile 3 -53.67 1.62 <.001 -57.84 1.65 <.001 -12.04 1.23 <.001
Education quartile 4 37.03 5.35 <.001 40.38 6.13 <.001 6.50 1.67 <.001
Education quartile 3 2.32 4.14 0.5814 1.05 4.57 0.8228 -0.87 1.61 0.5976
Education quartile 2 25.53 5.08 <.001 18.00 5.35 0.001 6.69 1.73 <.001
Black -62.84 1.25 <.001 -68.61 1.18 <.001 -13.89 1.16 <.001
Other Race -74.13 0.87 <.001 -74.72 0.95 <.001 -21.40 1.06 <.001

* Percentage increase or decrease per 1% increase in unemployment or in comparison to the appropriate reference group.

†95% Confidence Interval

‡ For each set of quartiles, three quartiles are compared to a reference quartile. Income quartile 4 is the reference quartile with the highest income level. Education quartile 1 is the reference quartile with the highest education level. White is the racial reference group.