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. 2021 Mar 19;12(10):3057–3066. doi: 10.7150/jca.51413

Table 2.

Propensity Modeling of Receipt of RFA

Characteristics OR 95% CI P
Year of diagnosis
2004-2007 Reference
2008-2011 0.359 0.255 to 0.504 <.0001
2012-2015 0.111 0.075 to 0.166 <.0001
Region
EAST Reference
NORTHWEST or WEST 2.342 1.595 to 3.438 <.0001
NORTH 0.563 0.284 to 1.117 0.1003
SOUTHWEST 0.956 0.289 to 3.164 0.9407
Tumor size
≤1 cm Reference
≤2 cm 0.303 0.191 to 0.479 <.0001
≤3 cm 0.153 0.093 to 0.251 <.0001
Unknown 1.395 0.280 to 6.966 0.6846
Education
≥21 Reference
13-20 1.428 0.873 to 2.336 0.1553
7-12 0.738 0.425 to 1.282 0.2814
<7 1.784 0.888 to 3.585 0.1041
Median income level
<38000 Reference
38000-47999 0.736 0.249 to 2.175 0.5797
48000-62999 2.411 0.911 to 6.376 0.0762
>63000 1.586 0.569 to 4.423 0.3777

Abbreviations: RFA: radiofrequency ablation; OR: Odds Ratio.