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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Breast Cancer. 2015 Aug 28;16(2):105–112. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2015.08.004

Table 2.

Adjusted odds for receipt of unilateral mastectomy or bilateral mastectomy (vs. breast-conserving surgery) [left columns] and for receipt of reconstruction [right columns] a, b

Unilateral Mastectomy Bilateral Mastectomy Reconstruction receipt

N=483
[entire cohort]
N=206
[mastectomy treated]

Characteristic Adjusted
Odds Ratio
95% CI Adjusted
Odds Ratio
95% CI Adjusted
Odds Ratio
95% CI

Stage
   0 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   I 0.95 0.51–1.75 1.31 0.46–3.70 1.43 0.45–4.57
   II 2.21 1.19–4.11 2.48 0.88–6.96 0.52 0.16–1.63
   III 5.31 2.20–12.80 8.28 2.32–29.50 1.09 0.27–4.45

Race/ethnicity
   Non-Hispanic white 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   Non-Hispanic black 1.48 0.87–2.50 0.61 0.25–1.46 0.34 0.11–1.04
   Hispanic 0.94 0.53–1.66 0.44 0.17–1.10 2.30 0.75–7.04

Age (years)
   <50 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   50–59 0.84 0.48–1.49 0.52 0.24–1.13 0.47 0.18–1.22
   60+ 0.87 0.49–1.53 0.35 0.15–0.84 0.40 0.14–1.13

Marital status
   Married 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   Unmarried/unknown 0.69 0.42–1.12 0.96 0.43–2.11 3.71 1.37–10.06

Comorbidity score
   0 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   1 1.06 0.66–1.71 1.42 0.69–2.92 1.44 0.61–3.39
   2+ 1.06 0.60–1.87 1.29 0.51–3.27 0.59 0.18–1.91

Educational attainment
   High school or less 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   Some college 0.59 0.33–1.06 0.55 0.20–1.51 1.55 0.47–5.03
   College graduate 0.65 0.36–1.18 0.92 0.36–2.40 4.33 1.37–13.71

Household Income
   <$20,000 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   $20,000-$39,999 1.06 0.54–2.06 1.66 0.38–7.31 7.89 1.35–46.12
   $40,000-$59,999 0.93 0.42–2.06 3.31 0.70–15.64 9.86 1.34–72.83
   ≥$60,000 0.75 0.35–1.60 5.19 1.18–22.82 14.95 2.11–105.88
   Don’t know 0.83 0.36–1.92 1.06 0.15–7.44 1.64 0.10–25.75

Insurance at diagnosis
   Yes 1.00 -- 1.00 -- 1.00 --
   No 1.49 0.58–3.78 2.98 0.64–13.95 3.56 0.63–20.10

Average health literacy score 0.95 0.75–1.19 1.04 0.69–1.55 0.95 0.60–1.53

Bilateral mastectomy -- -- -- --
   No 1.00 --
   Yes 3.53 1.52–8.18

Abbreviation: CI=confidence interval

a

Adjusted for all variables in the table

b

Bold = P<0.05