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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Jul 31;26(12):4091–4099. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07657-5

Table 1.

Predictors of undergoing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma resection at an academic (versus community) facility, based on univariate and multivariable analysis.

Characteristic Community Center (n=423) Academic Center (n=1,833) Unadjusted P-value Odds Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted P-value

Age ≥65 years old 253 (59.8%) 859 (46.9%) <0.001 0.78 (0.56-1.09) 0.14

Male sex 180 (42.6%) 866 (47.2%) 0.08 1.21 (0.94-1.55) 0.14

Race 0.12
 White 360 (86.1%) 1,468 (82.0%) Reference
 Black 16 (3.8%) 121 (6.8%) 2.34 (1.28-4.29) 0.01
 Hispanic 22 (5.3%) 108 (6.0%) 1.58 (0.92-2.71) 0.10
 Asian 20 (4.8%) 93 (5.2%) 1.28 (0.74-2.20) 0.37

Charlson/Deyo score <0.001
 CDCC 0 247 (58.4%) 1,269 (69.2%) Reference
 CDCC 1 108 (25.5%) 404 (22.0%) 0.74 (0.55-0.99) 0.04
 CDCC ≥2 68 (16.1%) 160 (8.7%) 0.45 (0.31-0.65) <0.001

Insurance status <0.001
 Private 147 (35.2%) 776 (44.0%) Reference
 Medicaid 10 (2.4%) 88 (5.0%) 1.87 (0.86-4.09) 0.12
 Medicare 247 (59.1%) 835 (47.4%) 0.81 (0.58-1.15) 0.24
 None or other government 14 (3.4%) 64 (3.6%) 0.82 (0.41-1.67) 0.59

Distance between patient zip code and hospital <0.001
 <10 miles 166 (39.2%) 392 (21.4%) Reference
 10-40 miles 154 (36.4%) 640 (34.9%) 1.97 (1.47-2.65) <0.001
 >40 miles 103 (24.4%) 801 (43.7%) 3.77 (2.73-5.21) <0.001

Clinical stage 0.37
 Stage 1 157 (37.2%) 609 (33.3%) Reference
 Stage 2 81 (19.2%) 344 (18.8%) 0.94 (0.67-1.33) 0.74
 Stage 3 40 (9.5%) 178 (9.7%) 1.02 (0.64-1.62) 0.93
 Unknown 144 (34.1%) 700 (38.2%) 1.34 (1.00-1.81) 0.051

Tumor size 0.13
 <3 cm 67 (17.1%) 360 (20.9%) Reference
 3-5 cm 129 (32.9%) 498 (28.9%) 0.84 (0.59-1.22) 0.36
 >5 cm 196 (50.0%) 866 (50.2%) 0.86 (0.61-1.21) 0.38

Tumor grade 0.44
 Well differentiated 54 (14.6%) 198 (12.5%) Reference
 Moderately differentiated 208 (56.4%) 894 (56.2%) 1.32 (0.91-1.93) 0.14
 Poorly differentiated or undifferentiated 107 (29.0%) 499 (31.4%) 1.25 (0.83-1.89) 0.28

CI, confidence interval; CDCC, Charlson/Deyo Comorbidity Score