Table 2. Relationship between Patient Characteristics and Stage of Diagnosis.

*P < 0.05 indicates significance.

Characteristics	Early stage		Late stage		p-value
	N	%	N	%
Insurance
Uninsured	20	15.2	112	84.9	0.042*
Any Medicaid	72	18.1	327	82.0
Insured	429	23.0	1439	77.0
Insured not specified	82	21.9	292	78.1
Age (y) - Mean (SD)	44.2 (20.0)		44.4 (20.2)		0.834
Sex
Male	401	23.2	1329	76.8	0.018*
Female	202	19.4	841	80.6
Marital Status					0.478
Married	275	22.6	942	77.4
Not married	305	21.4	1117	78.5
Race
White	467	22.4	1621	77.6	0.36
Black	98	20.6	377	79.4
Other	34	18.4	151	81.6