Table 4.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of women with low-grade serous ovarian cancer after propensity score matching for utilization of chemotherapy.
| Chemotherapy | No Chemotherapy |
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 140 | 140 | ||
| Mean Age [Years (SD)] | 57.68 (15.71) | 55.99 (15.90) | 0.9 | |
| Race [N (%)] | 0.6 | |||
| White | 115 (84.6) | 120 (88.22) | ||
| African-America | 16 (11.8) | 11 (8.1) | ||
| Other | 5 (3.7) | 5 (3.7) | ||
| Period of Diagnosis [N (%)] |
0.8 | |||
| 2003–2005 | 57 (41.9) | 52 (38.2) | ||
| 2006–2008 | 49 (36.0) | 50 (36.8) | ||
| 2009–2011 | 30 (22.1) | 34 (25.0) | ||
| Facility Type [N (%)] | 0.7 | |||
| Academic | 55 (40.4) | 59 (43.4) | ||
| Community | 10 (7.4) | 7 (5.1) | ||
| Comprehensive | 71 (52.2) | 70 (51.5) | ||
| Urban vs. Rural [N (%)] | 0.8 | |||
| Urban | 120 (88.2) | 123 (90.4) | ||
| Rural | 2 (1.5) | 2 (1.5) | ||
| Unknown | 14 (10.3) | 11 (8.1) | ||
| Registry Location [N (%)] | 0.9 | |||
| Northeast | 23 (16.9) | 20 (14.7) | ||
| Midwest | 25 (18.4) | 24 (17.6) | ||
| South | 68 (50.0) | 68 (50.0) | ||
| West | 20 (14.7) | 24 (17.6) | ||
| Income [N (%)] | 1.0 | |||
| 1st Quartile | 26 (19.1) | 25 (18.4) | ||
| 2nd Quartile | 32 (23.5) | 33 (24.3) | ||
| 3rd Quartile | 42 (30.9) | 41 (30.1) | ||
| 4th Quartile | 30 (22.1) | 30 (22.1) | ||
| Unknown | 6 (4.4) | 7 (5.1) | ||
| Insurance [N (%)] | 0.7 | |||
| None | 10 (7.4) | 9 (6.6) | ||
| Private | 66 (48.5) | 75 (55.1) | ||
| Medicare | 41 (30.1) | 40 (29.4) | ||
| Other Government | 14 (10.3) | 8 (5.9) | ||
| Unknown | 5 (3.7) | 4 (2.9) | ||
| Charlson/Deyo Score [N (%)] |
0.9 | |||
| 0 | 107 (78.7) | 110 (80.9) | ||
| 1 | 23 (16.9) | 21 (15.4) | ||
| 2 | 6 (4.4) | 5 (3.67 | ||
| Education Level [N (%)] | 0.9 | |||
| <7% | 23 (16.9) | 22 (16.2) | ||
| 7–13% | 39 (28.7) | 44 (32.4) | ||
| 13–21% | 42 (30.9) | 37 (27.2) | ||
| >21% | 26 (19.1) | 26 (19.1) | ||
| Unknown | 6 (4.4) | 7 (5.1) | ||
| Stage [N (%)] | 0.5 | |||
| IIIC | 110 (80.9) | 104 (76.5) | ||
| IV | 26 (19.1) | 32 (23.5) | ||
| Tumor size [N (%)] | 1.0 | |||
| <1cm | 3 (2.2) | 2 (1.5) | ||
| <2cm | 9 (6.6) | 7 (5.1) | ||
| <3cm | 5 (3.7) | 5 (3.7) | ||
| <4cm | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | ||
| <5cm | 9 (6.6) | 8 (5.9) | ||
| >5cm | 58 (42.6) | 65 (47.8) | ||
| Unknown | 51 (37.5) | 48 (35.3) | ||
*
SD: Standard Deviation.