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. 2019 Feb 10;2019:3561501. doi: 10.1155/2019/3561501

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of uterine LMS patients stratified by receipt of chemotherapy.

Characteristics Chemotherapy N=936 No chemotherapy N=1796 P
Number % Number %
Age at diagnosis, y <0.0001
18–39 66 7.1 107 6.0
40–49 270 28.8 467 26.0
50–64 475 50.7 794 44.2
65+ 125 13.4 428 23.8

Race (missing from analysis: N=160) 0.7531
White 701 79.7 1327 78.4
African American 179 20.3 365 21.6

Hispanic (missing from analysis: N=132) 0.0292
Yes 79 8.8 111 6.5
No 814 91.2 1596 93.5

Comorbidities (Charlson/Deyo score) 0.1509
0 787 84.1 1460 81.3
1 126 13.5 275 15.3
2 23 2.5 61 3.4

Insurance status (missing from analysis: N=35) <0.0001
Medicare 122 13.2 442 24.9
Private 657 71.0 1112 62.8
Medicaid/Other government 89 9.6 120 6.8
None 57 6.2 98 5.5

Median household income ($) (missing from analysis: N=37) 0.4726
<38,000 164 17.7 329 18.6
38,000–47,999 198 21.4 366 20.7
48,000–62,999 252 27.2 441 24.9
>63,000 311 33.6 634 35.8

Education (% no high school diploma) (missing from analysis: N=37) 0.0355
≥21 166 17.9 321 18.1
13–20.9 185 20.0 437 24.7
7–12.9 335 36.2 576 32.5
<7 239 25.8 436 24.6

Location of patient (missing from analysis: N=90) 0.0902
Large metropolitan 574 62.7 1013 58.7
Small metropolitan 236 25.8 484 28.0
Suburban 75 8.2 145 8.4
Rural 30 3.3 85 4.9

Hospital volume (cases per year) 0.0181
0.09 38 4.1 99 5.5
0.18–0.27 103 11.0 256 14.3
0.36–0.55 181 19.3 353 19.7
0.64–7.27 614 65.6 1088 60.6

Regional lymph nodes positive (missing from analysis: N=1,700) <0.0001
Yes 30 8.0 13 2.0
No 347 92.0 642 98.0

Stage <0.0001
1 676 72.2 1541 85.8
2 64 6.8 116 6.5
3 196 20.9 139 7.7

Year of diagnosis <0.0001
2004–2009 345 36.9 1005 56.0
2010–2014 591 63.1 791 44.0

Radiation (missing from analysis: N=21) 0.0406
Yes 225 24.3 373 20.9
No 700 75.7 1413 79.1

Oophorectomy (missing from analysis: N=184) 0.6492
Yes 716 84.0 1437 84.7
No 136 16.0 259 15.3