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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Nov 13;157(3):1219–1235. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.126

TABLE 4.

Multivariable logistic regression predictors of adherence to CoC Quality Measure 3 and influence on all-cause mortality as predicted by Cox proportional hazards modeling

Suirgery not used a is first line therapy for N2 disease n = 153.355
Sampley percentage Failure percentage Failure proportion P value Odds ratio for failure (95% CI) Hazard ratio for failure (95% CI)
Sex .40
 Male 57.79 2.49 1.04 (0.97–1.11) 1.13 (1.11–1.14)
 Female 42.21 2.55 Reference Reference
Age, y <.001
 <40 0.44 1.97 0.9 (0.55–1.46) 0.93 (0.90–0.97)
 40–49 5.15 2.25 1.04 (0.88–1.24) 0.93 (0.90–0.96)
 50–59 14.22 2.17 Reference Reference
 60–69 31.08 2.61 1.18 (1.07–1.31) 1.18 (1.16–1.21)
 70–79 38.18 2.88 1.31 (1.18–1.46) 1.53 (1.50–1.56)
 ≥80 11.49 1.98 0.93 (0.80–1.07) 2.06 (2.00–2.11)
Race and ethnicity <.001
 Non-Hispanic white 85.53 2.59 Reference Reference
 Non-Hispanic black 8.72 1.87 0.71 (0.63–0.82) 0.97 (0.95–1.00)
 Hispanic 2.38 2.99 1.20 (0.98–1.46) 0.94 (0.89–0.99)
 Asian 1.51 2.67 1.01 (0.78–1.30) 0.84 (0.78–0.89);
 Other/unknown 1.21 2.75 1.03 (0.76–1.40) 0.97 (0.91–1.03)
Zip Code income quartile .01
 Lowest quartile 16.47 2.46 1.06 (0.80–1.25) 1.05 (1.02–1.10)
 Second quartile 18.68 2.36 0.97 (0.84–1.12) 1.03 (1.01–1.07)
 Third quartile 26.64 2.42 0.99 (0.90–1.10) 1.02(1.00–1.04)
 Highest quartile 33.57 2.72 Reference Reference
 Other/unknown 4.69 2.49 0.16(0.04–0.71) 1.20 (0.49–2.96)
Zip Code education quartile .25
 Lowest quartile 18.50 2.41 0.99 (0.84–1.16) 1.07 (1.04–1.10)
 Second quartile 24.72 2.46 1.01 (0.89–1.48) 1.06 (1.03–1.08)
 Third quartile 23.22 2.48 1.00 (0.89–1.11) 1.05 (1.03–1.07)
 Highest quartile 27.48 2.66 Reference Reference
 Other/unknown 4.70 2.51 5.80 (1.30–24.04) 0.88 (0.35–2.18)
Insurance status <001
 Medicaid or not insured 93.15 2.56 0.88 (0.78–1.02) 1.17 (1.14–1.20)
 Other types of insurance 6.85 2.01 Reference Reference
Tumor size, cm <.001
 ≤1 8.28 0.83 Reference Reference
 2 3.09 4.94 0.79 (0.75–0.82) 0.94 (0.89–1.00)
 3 15.47 4.98 0.62 (0.59–0.65) 0.99 (0.94–1.05);
 5 19.41 3.92 0.48 (0.45–0.50) 1,09 (1.03–1.15)
 7 25.29 2.88 0.40 (0.38–0.42) 1.24 (1.18–1.31)
 ≥8 14.12 2.27 0.37 (0.35–0.39) 1.37 (1.30–1.45)
 Other/unknown 12.10 2.22 1.67 (1.52–1.83) 1.43 (1,36–1.51)
Hospital location .002
 Large urban region 47.00 2.66 Reference Reference
 Medium urban region 17.54 2.25 0.85 (0.73–0.98) 1.04 (1.02–1.07)
 Small urban region 27.68 2.43 0.93 (0.82–1.05) 1.02 (1.00–1.05)
 Rural region 2.62 2.74 0.99 (0.78–1.291 1.00 (0.96–1.05)
 Other/unknown 5.16 2.60 0.98 (0.73–1.08) 0.99 (0.95–1.03)
Type of Hospital <.001
 Community 63.42 2.19 Reference Reference
 Academic 36.58 3.39 1.56 (1.34–1.81) 0.90 (0.88–0.93)
Travel distance, miles <.001
 >5 28.20 2.07 1.26 (1.16–1.37) 0.94 (0.922–0.95)
 <5 71.80 2.74 Reference Reference
Time period* <.001
 1998–2000 18.83 2.51 Reference Reference
 2001–2003 22.53 2.45 0.93 (0.83–1.05) 0.95 (0.94–0.97)
 2004–2006 21.59 2.11 0.75 (0.65–0.85) 0.89 (0.87–0.91)
 2007–2009 23.77 2.70 0.93: (0.82–1.06) Omitted*
 2010–2011 15.59 2.94 0.97 (0.83–1.12) Omitted*
Surgery not used as first-line therapy for N2 disease 0.80 (0.77–0.82)

CI, Confidence interval.

*

NCDB survival data only available for patients diagnosed from 1998–2006. Survival analysis n = 96,229.