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Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2016 Feb 5;173(2):292–302. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13944

Table V.

Relationship of sociodemographic and clinical factors to the hazard of death after acute myeloid leukaemia by age group at diagnosis, including health insurance status, California, 1996–2011

Characteristics
(Total = 2632)
HR1 (95% CI)
0–9 years
N = 671
P-value* HR2 (95% CI)
10–19 years
N = 510
P-value* HR3 (95% CI)
20–29 years
N = 619
P-value* HR4 (95% CI)
30–39 years
N = 832
P-value*
Calendar period
1996–2003 1.31 (1.02–1.68) 1.28 (0.99–1.64) 0.92 (0.74–1.15) 1.13 (0.94–1.36)
2004–2011 1.0 (reference) 0.0308 1.0 (reference) 0.0580 1.0 (reference) 0.4640 1.0 (reference) 0.2000
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Non-Hispanic black 1.63 (1.04–2.57) 1.23 (0.74–2.05) 1.95 (1.17–3.25) 1.11 (0.78–1.56)
Hispanic 1.27 (0.93–1.72) 1.05 (0.76–1.44) 1.17 (0.88–1.56) 0.99 (0.79–1.24)
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.87 (0.55–1.36) 0.0821 1.01 (0.66–1.55) 0.8872 1.40 (1.01–1.92) 0.0392 0.83 (0.62–1.11) 0.4981
Sex
Male 0.89 (0.70–1.12) 0.84 (0.65–1.08) 1.08 (0.86–1.35) 1.06 (0.88–1.27)
Female 1.0 (reference) 0.3220 1.0 (reference) 0.1688 1.0 (reference) 0.5054 1.0 (reference) 0.5343
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status (quintiles)
1. Lowest 20% 0.92 (0.59–1.43) 1.12 (0.71–0.78) 1.37 (0.92–2.04) 1.34 (0.95–1.88)
2. 1.16 (0.76–1.77) 0.92 (0.59–1.44) 1.03 (0.69–1.53) 1.56 (1.14–2.15)
3. Middle 20% 1.02 (0.67–1.56) 0.99 (0.64–1.53) 1.21 (0.82–1.78) 1.76 (1.28–2.42)
4. 0.92 (0.59–1.45) 0.87 (0.54–1.40) 0.77 (0.51–1.16) 1.60 (1.17–2.20)
5. Highest 20% 1.0 (reference) 0.6758 1.0 (reference) 0.7838 1.0 (reference) 0.0281 1.0 (reference) 0.0035
Initial care at hospitals affiliated with NCI-designated cancer centres
Yes 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
No 1.12 (0.88–1.43) 0.3512 1.44 (1.09–1.90) 0.0078 1.24 (0.93–1.66) 0.1414 1.39 (1.08–1.80) 0.0095
Health insurance status
None 1.60 (0.63–4.02) 1.78 (0.85–3.75) 0.94 (0.57–1.55) 1.78 (1.14–2.76)
Public 0.93 (0.69–1.25) 1.21 (0.90–1.64) 0.99 (0.77–1.27) 1.10 (0.90–1.36)
Private 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference) 1.0 (reference)
Unknown/NOS 1.21 (0.83–1.75) 0.4384 1.35 (0.92–1.99) 0.2399 1.45 (1.02–2.07) 0.1965 1.17 (0.86–1.59) 0.0986

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; NOS, not otherwise specified; NCI, National Cancer Institute.

*

Likelihood ratio test.