Table. Risk of Death From Breast Cancer in Non-Hispanic African American Women With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Compared With Non-Hispanic White Counterparts.
Characteristic | Person-years | Deaths | HR (95% CI)a |
---|---|---|---|
Overall | |||
White | 59 488 | 2289 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 19 048 | 987 | 1.16 (1.06-1.25) |
Age, <65 y | |||
White | 39 046 | 1300 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 14 617 | 735 | 1.24 (1.12-1.37) |
Age ≥65 | |||
White | 20 442 | 989 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 4430 | 252 | 0.99 (0.86-1.15) |
P value for interaction | NA | NA | .01 |
Privately insuredb | |||
White | 33 879 | 1013 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 10 631 | 455 | 1.27 (1.13-1.43) |
Uninsured or Medicaid-insuredb | |||
White | 4639 | 266 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 3805 | 271 | 1.18 (0.97-1.42) |
P value for interaction | NA | NA | .27 |
Socioeconomically less deprived countiesc | |||
White | 48 268 | 1762 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 12 427 | 670 | 1.26 (1.14-1.39) |
Socioeconomically more deprived countiesc | |||
White | 11 220 | 527 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 6621 | 317 | 0.93 (0.80-1.08) |
P value for interaction | NA | NA | <.01 |
Urban counties | |||
White | 51 369 | 1935 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 17 555 | 923 | 1.21 (1.11-1.32) |
Rural counties | |||
White | 8118 | 354 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 1493 | 64 | 0.72 (0.53-0.96) |
P value for interaction | NA | NA | <.01 |
No surgery | |||
White | 1785 | 262 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 796 | 161 | 1.23 (0.99-1.51) |
Surgical treatment | |||
White | 57 601 | 2016 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 18 232 | 820 | 1.12 (1.02-1.22) |
P value for interaction | NA | NA | .44 |
No radiation therapy | |||
White | 27 835 | 1256 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 8342 | 530 | 1.17 (1.04-1.30) |
Radiation therapy | |||
White | 31 653 | 1033 | 1 [Reference] |
African American | 10 705 | 457 | 1.13 (1.00-1.28) |
P value for interaction | NA | NA | .59 |
Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; NA, not applicable.
Models were adjusted for age, type of health insurance, county-level socioeconomic deprivation, rural residency, cancer stage, tumor grade, surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
The analysis was restricted to patients younger than 65 years.
County-level socioeconomic deprivation was dichotomized using the median.