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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast J. 2015 Oct 28;22(1):24–34. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12522

Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression models for association between receipt of MRI and patient, tumor, and hospital characteristics, SEER-Medicare 2005-2009

Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ Invasive Breast Cancer
Characteristic Category OR (95% CI)a p-value OR (95% CI)a p-value
Age Group, years 66-69 Referent <0.0001 Referent <0.0001
70-74 0.88 (0.75, 1.03) 0.80 (0.74, 0.86)
75-79 0.67 (0.56, 0.80) 0.60 (0.55, 0.65)
80-84 0.44 (0.36, 0.56) 0.39 (0.36, 0.43)
85+ 0.23 (0.16, 0.33) 0.20 (0.18, 0.23)

Race White Referent 0.84 Referent <0.0001
Black 0.92 (0.69, 1.21) 0.77 (0.67, 0.88)
Other 0.89 (0.68, 1.18) 0.79 (0.69, 0.90)

SEER Registry California Referent <0.0001 Referent <0.0001
Utah 0.52 (0.31, 0.87) 0.65 (0.54, 0.79)
Seattle 1.37 (1.06, 1.77) 1.72 (1.54, 1.91)
San Jose 0.45 (0.29, 0.71) 0.51 (0.42, 0.62)
San Francisco 0.32 (0.21, 0.47) 0.44 (0.37, 0.53)
Rural Georgia 0.41 (0.05, 3.43) 0.43 (0.19, 0.95)
New Mexico 1.58 (0.98, 2.55) 2.09 (1.74, 2.51)
New Jersey 0.70 (0.57, 0.87) 0.69 (0.63, 0.76)
Louisiana 0.53 (0.38, 0.74) 0.53 (0.45, 0.61)
Los Angeles 1.20 (0.93, 1.55) 1.54 (1.38, 1.71)
Kentucky 0.18 (0.12, 0.29) 0.28 (0.23, 0.33)
Iowa 0.35 (0.23, 0.52) 0.42 (0.35, 0.49)
Hawaii 0.10 (0.04, 0.29) 0.08 (0.04, 0.15)
Greater Georgia 0.38 (0.28, 0.51) 0.40 (0.35, 0.46)
Detroit 0.31 (0.22, 0.45) 0.53 (0.46, 0.62)
Connecticut 0.68 (0.52, 0.89) 0.75 (0.66, 0.84)
Atlanta 0.84 (0.60, 1.17) 0.64 (0.54, 0.76)

Residenceb Urban Referent 0.49 Referent 0.87
Rural 1.12 (0.80, 1.57) 1.01 (0.89, 1.15)

Married Married Referent <0.0001 Referent <0.0001
Not married 0.75 (0.65, 0.86) 0.87 (0.82, 0.92)

Median Income <= $35,800 Referent <0.0001 Referent <0.0001
$35,801-$47,300 1.42 (1.14, 1.76) 1.32 (1.21, 1.45)
$47,301-$64,200 1.62 (1.3, 2.02) 1.58 (1.44, 1.73)
>$64,200 2.02 (1.62, 2.52) 2.21 (2.01, 2.43)

Comorbidity Scorec None Referent <0.0001 Referent <0.0001
1 0.77 (0.66, 0.90) 0.78 (0.73, 0.84)
2+ 0.60 (0.47, 0.75) 0.57 (0.51, 0.62)

Diagnosis Year 2005 Referent <0.0001 Referent <0.0001
2006 1.57 (1.20, 2.06) 1.67 (1.50, 1.86)
2007 2.98 (2.31, 3.85) 3.05 (2.75, 3.39)
2008 5.41 (4.25, 6.90) 4.42 (4.00, 4.89)
2009 4.94 (3.87, 6.31) 4.94 (4.47, 5.46)

Histology Invasive Ductal Referent <0.0001
Invasive Lobular 1.95 (1.80, 2.12)
Invasive Lobular & Ductal 1.57 (1.42, 1.74)
Invasive Other n/a 0.87 (0.78, 0.98)

Grade Low Referent 0.56 Referent 0.01
Intermediate 0.91 (0.78, 1.07) 1.10 (1.02, 1.19)
High 0.96 (0.77, 1.20) 1.09 (1.00, 1.10)
Unknown 0.89 (0.73, 1.09) 0.93 (0.80, 1.08)

Stage I Referent 0.01
II n/a 1.18 (1.09, 1.28)
III 1.07 (0.94, 1.21)

Tumor Size <1cm Referent <0.0001 Referent 0.0003
1 to <2cm 1.09 (0.91, 1.31) 1.04 (0.97, 1.12)
2cm to <5cm 1.30 (1.07, 1.58) 0.83 (0.75, 0.92)
5+ cm 1.68 (1.24, 2.28) 0.76 (0.65, 0.90)
Unknown 0.82 (0.68, 0.97) 0.95 (0.74, 1.22)

Estrogen Receptor Positive Referent 0.05 Referent 0.001
Negative 1.13 (0.94, 1.35) 1.14 (1.04, 1.24)
Unknown 0.84 (0.70, 0.99) 0.81 (0.69, 0.94)

Teaching Hospitald No Referent 0.58 Referent 0.01
Yes 0.95 (0.81, 1.12) 1.09 (1.02, 1.17)
Unknown 0.63 (0.23, 1.72) 1.44 (0.98, 2.11)

Member of NCI Cooperative Group Triale No Referent <0.0001 Referent <0.0001
Yes 1.97 (1.66, 2.33) 1.94 (1.81, 2.07)
Unknown 2.08 (0.75, 5.78) 0.97 (0.66, 1.43)
a

OR = odds ratio; 95%CI = 95% confidence interval.

b

Residence is based on the woman's county of residence at time of breast cancer diagnosis and is categorized into urban which includes big metropolitan, metropolitan, and urban versus rural which includes less urban and rural counties.

c

Comorbidity Index is based on the method of Klabunde et al.(14)

d

Teaching hospital is based on the hospital where the breast surgery was performed.

e

Membership in an NCI Cooperative group trial indicates if the hospital where the surgery was performed participated in at least one NCI trial.