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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 Dec;15(12):1484–1493. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.7011

Table 2.

Patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics by KRAS testing, and odds of receiving testing (N=22,542).

No KRAS Testing KRAS Testing Adjusted OR* (95% CI)
N=15,748 N=6,794
N (%) N (%)
Age (y): 0–29 104 (57.5) 77 (42.5) 4.96 (3.59, 6.84)
30–39 360 (52.3) 329 (47.8) 5.26 (4.37, 6.34)
40–49 1448 (59.3) 996 (40.8) 3.93 (3.44, 4.49)
50–59 3211 (64.5) 1766 (35.5) 3.2 (2.84, 3.61)
60–69 4053 (68.6) 1854 (31.4) 2.58 (2.31, 2.89)
70–79 3380 (73.9) 1196 (26.1) 1.94 (1.73, 2.18)
80+ 3192 (84.7) 576 (15.3) 1.00 [Referent]
Sex: Female 7144 (70.6) 2972 (29.4) 0.99 (0.93, 1.06)
Male 8604 (69.2) 3822 (30.8) 1.00 [Referent]
Registry: California 6041 (71.0) 2473 (29.1) 1.00 [Referent]
Connecticut 630 (61.3) 397 (38.7) 1.64 (1.42, 1.88)
Detroit 848 (67.0) 417 (33.0) 1.23 (1.07, 1.40)
Georgia 1788 (67.8) 848 (32.2) 1.11 (1.00, 1.23)
Hawaii 224 (60.2) 148 (39.8) 1.81 (1.43, 2.28)
Iowa 651 (69.5) 286 (30.5) 1.15 (0.98, 1.35)
Kentucky 1066 (73.0) 394 (27.0) 0.90 (0.79, 1.03)
Louisiana 1278 (80.0) 320 (20.0) 0.59 (0.51, 0.67)
New Jersey 1994 (75.8) 637 (24.2) 0.84 (0.76, 0.94)
New Mexico 292 (56.8) 222 (43.2) 2.17 (1.79, 2.63)
Seattle 627 (54.3) 527 (45.7) 2.13 (1.87, 2.43)
Utah 309 (71.2) 125 (28.8) 0.91 (0.73, 1.14)
Race: White 11980 (69.8) 5193 (30.2) 1.00 [Referent]
Black 2422 (71.4) 969 (28.6) 0.97 (0.88, 1.06)
Other 1297 (67.8) 617 (32.2) 0.95 (0.85, 1.06)
Unknown 49 (76.6) 15 (23.4) 0.59 (0.32, 1.07)
Diagnosis Year: 2010 4246 (75.4) 1386 (24.6) 1.00 [Referent]
2011 3998 (70.5) 1670 (29.5) 1.31 (1.20, 1.42)
2012 3854 (68.2) 1798 (31.8) 1.46 (1.34, 1.59)
2013 3650 (65.3) 1940 (34.7) 1.65 (1.52, 1.80)
Insurance: Private/Medicare 12022 (69.4) 5301 (30.6) 1.00 [Referent]
Medicaid 2521 (71.4) 1009 (28.6) 0.82 (0.76, 0.90)
Uninsured 860 (69.9) 370 (30.1) 0.79 (0.69, 0.90)
Unknown 345 (75.2) 114 (24.8) 0.88 (0.70, 1.11)
Marital status: Married 7491 (66.6) 3759 (33.4) 1.00 [Referent]
Divorced/separated 1853 (69.2) 826 (30.8) 0.87 (0.79, 0.96)
Widowed 2496 (79.2) 654 (20.8) 0.85 (0.76, 0.94)
Single/never married 3000 (69.8) 1300 (30.2) 0.79 (0.73, 0.86)
Unknown 908 (78.1) 255 (21.9) 0.59 (0.50, 0.68)
Residence: Metro area 13652 (69.5) 5983 (30.5) 1.00 [Referent]
(1 missing) Non-metro area/rural 2096 (72.1) 810 (27.9) 0.85 (0.77, 0.94)
Subsite: Right side Colon 6433 (70.4) 2701 (29.6) 1.00 (0.94, 1.07)
Left side Colon 6077 (68.1) 2849 (31.9) 1.00 [Referent]
Rectum 3238 (72.2) 1244 (27.8) 0.86 (0.79, 0.94)
Histology: Adenocarcinoma 14254 (69.9) 6150 (30.1) 1.00 [Referent]
Mucinous adenocarcinoma 1494 (69.9) 644 (30.1) 0.98 (0.88, 1.09)
Grade: Well (I) differentiated 650 (70.1) 277 (29.9) 1.00 [Referent]
Moderately (II) differentiated 8484 (69.0) 3817 (31.0) 0.99 (0.85, 1.15)
Poorly (III) differentiated 3099 (68.4) 1431 (31.6) 0.99 (0.84, 1.17)
Undifferentiated (IV) 481 (65.6) 252 (34.4) 1.06 (0.85, 1.32)
Unknown 3034 (74.9) 1017 (25.1) 0.83 (0.70, 0.98)
T Stage: ≤ T3 7556 (69.3) 3347 (30.7) 1.00 [Referent]
≥ T4a 4364 (67.3) 2124 (32.7) 1.04 (0.97, 1.12)
TX (Unknown) 3828 (74.3) 1323 (25.7) 0.95 (0.87, 1.05)
N Stage: N0 5016 (73.2) 1840 (26.8) 1.00 [Referent]
≥ N1a 8759 (66.5) 4404 (33.5) 1.16 (1.07, 1.24)
NX (Unknown) 1973 (78.2) 550 (21.8) 0.77 (0.69, 0.87)
M Stage/ M1a: Liver or lung only 6768 (69.3) 2998 (30.7) 1.00 [Referent]
Metastatic Sites: M1a: Bone or brain only 128 (79.5) 33 (20.5) 0.68 (0.45, 1.01)
M1a: Other single organ/site 1125 (75.1) 374 (25.0) 0.74 (0.65, 0.85)
M1b: Multiple organs/sites 6780 (68.4) 3139 (31.7) 1.05 (0.98, 1.12)
M1NOS 947 (79.1) 250 (20.9) 0.67 (0.57, 0.78)
Was Stage IV CRC the Yes 12318 (68.7) 5601 (31.3) 1.08 (1.00, 1.17)
only cancer ever diagnosed? No 3430 (74.2) 1193 (25.8) 1.00 [Referent]
Surgery: Yes 8733 (74.2) 4221 (25.8) 1.05 (0.96, 1.14)
No or Unknown 7015 (67.4) 2573 (32.6) 1.00 [Referent]
Radiation: Yes or recommended 2019 (73.2) 814 (26.8) 0.90 (0.82, 1.00)
No/unknown/refused 13729 (71.3) 5980 (28.7) 1.00 [Referent]
*

Odds ratios are adjusted for all variables in table.