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. 2019 Jan 16;8(3):939–952. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1967

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics for cohort CRT

Before matching After matching
CRT C + CRT P CRT C + CRT P
N % N % N % N %
Facility
Nonacademic 848 65 789 59 0.0085 548 62 539 61 0.70
Academic 452 35 521 39 339 38 348 39
NA 7 1 19 1 0 0 0 0
Age
<66 674 52 762 57 0.0030 472 53 498 56 0.23
≥66 633 48 567 43 415 47 389 44
NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gender
Female 645 49 663 50 0.79
Male 662 51 666 50
NA 0 0 0 0
Race
White 1141 87 1148 86 0.19
Black 119 9 121 9
Other 32 2 49 4
NA 15 1 11 1
Insurance
None 31 2 34 3 0.071
Nonprivate 728 56 684 51
Private 533 41 601 45
NA 15 1 10 1
Income
Above median 733 56 870 65 <0.001 547 62 563 63 0.46
Below median 544 42 441 33 340 38 324 37
NA 30 2 18 1 0 0 0 0
Residential setting
Metro 1023 78 1086 82 0.049
Urban 201 15 181 14
Rural 31 2 18 1
NA 52 4 44 3
Charlson‐Deyo Score
0‐1 1235 94 1248 94 0.56 836 94 841 95 0.68
≥2 72 6 81 6 51 6 46 5
NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year of diagnosis
2004‐2007 210 16 74 6 <0.001 69 8 47 5 0.11
2008‐2011 680 52 696 52 458 52 467 53
2012‐2015 417 32 559 42 360 41 373 42
NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Primary tumor site
Head 1076 82 1105 83 0.015
Body 78 6 105 8
Tail 153 12 119 9
NA 0 0 0 0
Tumor grade
Well diff 108 8 112 8 0.64 75 8 79 9 0.13
Mod diff 629 48 652 49 460 52 478 54
Poor diff 455 35 448 34 346 39 315 36
Other 13 1 20 2 6 1 15 2
NA 102 8 97 7 0 0 0 0
Tumor size (cm)
<3.1 575 44 657 49 0.0050 410 46 410 46 1
≥3.1 697 53 636 48 477 54 477 54
NA 35 3 36 3 0 0 0 0
Clinical T stage
1 158 12 195 15 0.15
2 517 40 509 38
3 632 48 625 47
NA 0 0 0 0
Clinical N stage
0 874 67 871 66 0.48
1 433 33 458 34
NA 0 0 0 0
Pathologic T stage
0 1 0 1 0 0.61 1 0 1 0 0.95
1 49 4 45 3 30 3 36 4
2 169 13 153 12 108 12 105 12
3 980 75 1056 79 731 82 729 82
4 22 2 22 2 17 2 16 2
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NA 86 7 52 4 0 0 0 0
Pathologic N stage
0 338 26 293 22 0.0075 228 26 226 25 0.96
1 874 67 971 73 659 74 661 75
NA 95 7 65 5 0 0 0 0
Number of positive lymph nodes
0 363 28 297 22 <0.001
1‐3 585 45 585 44
4+ 324 25 415 31
NA 35 3 32 2
Surgery
Whipple variant 342 26 397 30 0.10 253 29 256 29 0.98
Whipple 668 51 650 49 437 49 436 49
Other 297 23 282 21 197 22 195 22
NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Surgical margin
Negative 891 68 968 73 0.012 643 72 637 72 0.79
Positive 386 30 336 25 244 28 250 28
NA 30 2 25 2 0 0 0 0
Chemotherapy
Single agent 824 63 766 58 0.0047 536 60 515 58 0.33
Multi agent 483 37 563 42 351 40 372 42
NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiation dose (Gy)
Median 50.4 50.4 0.18 50.4 50.4 0.17
IQR 50.0‐54.0 50.0‐50.4 50.0‐54.0 50.0‐50.4

C, chemotherapy; CRT, chemoradiation; diff, differentiated; IQR, interquartile range; mod, moderately; NA, not available; poor, poorly.