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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 Apr 1;127(14):2545–2552. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33527

Table 3.

Endocrine therapy Kaplan-Meier early discontinuation rates and hazard ratios from a joint model.

Ratio 95% CI p-value
Arm Assignment with receipt of Chemo
 Arm C (RS 11-25) or D (RS 26-100) , Received Chemo Ref
 Arm C (RS 11-25) or D (RS 26-100), No Chemotherapy 1.71 (1.37, 2.14) 0.000003
 Arm A (RS 0-10) or B (RS 11-25) , Received Chemotherapy 1.03 (0.66, 1.61) 0.89
 Arm A (RS 0-10) or B (RS 11-25), No Chemotherapy received 1.18 (1.01, 1.38) 0.03
Age
  40 years or younger Ref
  41 to 50 years old 0.70 (0.54, 0.89) 0.005
  51 to 60 years old 0.52 (0.39, 0.70) 0.00001
  61 to 70 0.46 (0.34, 0.64) 0.000003
  71 and older 0.57 (0.38, 0.86) 0.008
Race
  White Ref
  Black 0.73 (0.57, 0.93) 0.01
  Asian 0.50 (0.34, 0.75) 0.0007
  Other or unknown 1.07 (0.79, 1.45) 0.65
Ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic Ref
  Hispanic 0.87 (0.70, 1.09) 0.23
  Ethnicity not reported 0.82 (0.66, 1.02) 0.07
Insurance Type (US participants only)
  Private Ref
  Medicare 1.10 (0.88, 1.37) 0.41
  Medicaid 1.53 (1.23, 1.92) 0.0002
  Military/VA 0.80 (0.38, 1.69) 0.56
  None 1.65 (1.25, 2.17) 0.0003
  Other or unknown 0.84 (0.40, 1.78) 0.65
Neighborhood Deprivation Index (NDI)
  Quartile 1, highest deprivation 1.34 (1.11, 1.62) 0.003
  Quartile 2 1.12 (0.92, 1.36) 0.26
  Quartile 3 1.23 (1.01, 1.49) 0.04
  Quartile 4, lowest deprivation Ref
  Unknown 1.10 (0.66, 1.85) 0.71
International participant (compared to US participant with private insurance and lowest deprivation quartile) 0.98 (0.79, 1.22) 0.84
Menopausal Status
  Premenopausal Ref
  Postmenopausal 1.08 (0.87, 1.34) 0.48
Tumor Size in the largest dimension
  Less than or equal to 2.0 cm Ref
  Greater than 2.0cm 1.06 (0.93, 1.22) 0.38
Progesterone receptor expression
  Negative Ref
  Positive 0.75 (0.61, 0.91) 0.004
  Unknown 0.51 (0.28, 0.92) 0.03
Oncotype Dx Recurrent Score (RS)
  Less than or equal to 10 Ref
  11-25 0.80 (0.67, 0.94) 0.007
  Greater than 25 0.83 (0.63, 1.08) 0.16
First Endocrine Therapy
Aromatase Inhibitor (AI) Ref
Tamoxifen 1.00 (0.84, 1.20) 0.96
Tamoxifen & AI 1.27 (0.70, 2.32) 0.44
Ovarian Function Suppression 1.05 (0.72, 1.54) 0.81
Other 3.68 (1.35,10.06) 0.01