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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Aug 1;24(10):3017–3023. doi: 10.1245/s10434-017-5933-0

Table 2.

Factors Associated with Receipt of Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction between 2010-2013

Proportion with Reconstruction (N=145, 577) Odds Ratio+ (95% Confidence Interval)

Patient clinical and treatment factors

Age
 <=45 63% Ref
 >45 and <=55 57% 0.81 (0.78-0.85)
 >55 and <=65 41% 0.48 (0.46-0.50)
 >65 and <=75 22% 0.26 (0.25-0.27)

Charlson Comorbidity Index
 0 47% Ref
 1 37% 0.86 (0.83-0.89)
 2 24% 0.58 (0.53-0.63)

Stage
 0 49% Ref
 1 44% 0.82 (0.78-0.87)

Bilateral mastectomy
 No 36% Ref
 Yes 63% 2.3 (2.3-2.4)

Post-mastectomy radiation
 No 46% Ref
 Yes 35% 0.54 (0.51-0.57)

Chemotherapy
 No 45% Ref
 Yes 45% 0.83 (0.81-0.86)

Patient Non-Clinical Factors

Race
 White 47% Ref
 Black 38% 0.88 (0.84-0.91)
 Other 38% 0.60 (0.57-0.63)

Insurance
 Private 56% Ref
 Medicare 25% 0.65 (0.63-0.68)
 Medicaid 35% 0.54 (0.51-0.57)
 Uninsured 30% 0.43 (0.40-0.48)

Income*
 $63,000+ 55% Ref
 $48,000-62,999 44% 0.75 (0.72-0.77)
 $38,000-$47,999 37% 0.64 (0.61-0.67)
 <$38,000 32% 0.58 (0.55-0.62)

% with high school education*
 <7% 55% Ref
 7-13% 47% 0.94 (0.91-0.97)
 13-20% 39% 0.91 (0.87-0.95)
 >=21% 33% 0.87 (0.83-0.92)

Rural-Urban
 Metropolitan 47% Ref
 Urban 34% 0.73 (0.70-0.76)
 Rural 30% 0.65 (0.58-0.72)

Other

Facility type
 Academic 49% Ref
 Comp community 43% 0.88 (0.85-0.90)
 Community 28% 0.53 (0.50-0.55)
 Integrated 53% 1.3 (1.2-1.3)

Year of Diagnosis
 2010 43% Ref
 2011 45% 1.1 (1.0-1.1)
 2012 46% 1.1 (1.1-1.18)
 2013 48% 1.2 (1.16-1.24)

Controlled for geographic region

+

All variables strongly associated with receipt of reconstruction at a p<0.0001

*

Median household Income and percentage of patients with high school education in zipcode area