Table 5.
SES factors associated with OS in ASCC
| SES factor or covariate | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | 95% CI | P‐value | HR | 95% CI | P‐value | |
| Primary payer | ||||||
| Private | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Medicaid | 4.9 | 1.1‐21.9 | .038 | 2.9 | 0.6‐14.7 | .189 |
| Medicare | 4.3 | 0.8‐22.0 | .083 | 3.7 | 0.7‐19.3 | .121 |
| Race | ||||||
| Majority | Ref. | Ref. | ||||
| Minority | 3.2 | 1.4‐7.6 | .008 | 2.8 | 1.0‐7.7 | .047 |
| Income level | ||||||
| Upper | Ref. | |||||
| Low | 2.7 | 0.5‐14.6 | .257 | |||
| Middle | 2.7 | 0.6‐12.6 | .199 | |||
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed or retired | Ref. | |||||
| Unemployed or disabled | 2.2 | 0.9‐5.5 | .076 | |||
| Partnership status | ||||||
| Partnered | Ref. | |||||
| Unpartnered | 1.8 | 0.6‐5.5 | .276 | |||
| Age | 1.0 | 1.0‐1.0 | .391 | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | Ref. | |||||
| Female | 0.6 | 0.2‐1.6 | .306 | |||
| TN stage | ||||||
| T1/T2, N‐negative | Ref. | |||||
| T1/T2, N‐positive and T3/T4, N‐negative | 2.6 | 1.0‐7.1 | .059 | |||
| T3/T4, N‐positive | 3.5 | 1.0‐12.8 | .060 | |||
| HIV status | ||||||
| HIV‐negative | Ref. | |||||
| HIV‐positive | 1.5 | 0.6‐3.5 | .353 | |||
Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios were calculated using Cox regression. Variables significant at P < .05 in univariate analysis were included in the multivariate model.
Abbreviations: ASCC, anal squamous cell carcinoma; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; OS, overall survival; SES, socioeconomic status; TN, tumor‐node.