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. 2022 Aug 30;2022:8582894. doi: 10.1155/2022/8582894

Table 4.

Odds of receiving GEP testing among women with early-stage, HR+, HER2−, LN− breast cancer.

Unadjusted Adjusted
OR (95% CI) ORa (95% CI)
Hospital location
 Urban Ref Ref
 Large rural 0.86 (0.74–0.99) 1.05 (0.89–1.24)
 Small rural 0.45 (0.36–0.57) 0.55 (0.43–0.71)
Age at diagnosis, years 
 <50 Ref Ref
 50–59 0.98 (0.83–1.16) 1.04 (0.88–1.23)
 60–69 0.63 (0.54–0.74) 0.66 (0.56–0.78)
 ≥70 0.19 (0.16–0.22) 0.20 (0.17–0.24)
Marital status
 Married/Living with partner Ref Ref
 Otherb/Unknown 0.68 (0.62–0.76) 0.87 (0.77–0.97)
Insurance status
 Insuredc Ref Ref
 Any Medicaidd 1.27 (1.03–1.56) 1.00 (0.80–1.26)
 Uninsured/Unknown 0.91 (0.70–1.17) 0.78 (0.59–1.03)
Median household income
 <$50,000 Ref Ref
 $50,000-$59,999 1.18 (1.03–1.34) 1.15 (0.99–1.32)
 $60,000-$69,999 1.25 (1.08–1.44) 1.17 (1.01–1.37)
 ≥$70,000 1.32 (1.15–1.51) 1.09 (0.94–1.32)
Year of diagnosis
 2010–2012 Ref Ref
 2013–2015 1.04 (0.92–1.17) 1.00 (0.87–1.14)
 2016–2018 1.43 (1.27–1.61) 1.47 (1.29–1.68)
Histology
 Ductal Ref Ref
 Lobular 1.05 (0.91–1.22) 1.15 (0.97–1.35)
 Ductal + Lobular 1.29 (1.01–1.64) 1.29 (1.00–1.68)
 Mucinous 0.40 (0.29–0.54) 0.53 (0.38–0.74)
 NOS/Other 0.54 (0.43–0.68) 0.61 (0.48–0.78)
Tumor size, cm 
 0.6–1.9 Ref Ref
 2.0–4.0 1.34 (1.19–1.50) 1.29 (1.13–1.47)
 >4.0 0.72 (0.54–0.97) 0.54 (0.39–0.75)
Tumor grade 
 Well differentiated Ref Ref
 Moderately differentiated 1.59 (1.43–1.77) 1.61 (1.43–1.81)
 Poorly differentiated/Undifferentiated 1.49 (1.29–1.73) 1.32 (1.12–1.56)
 Unknown 0.84 (0.58–1.22) 0.79 (0.53–1.17)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CM, centimeter; GEP, gene expression profiling; HER2−, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative; HR+, hormone receptor-positive; LN−, lymph node negative; NOS, not otherwise specified; OR, odds ratio; Ref, reference. Bold values indicate significance at α = 0.05. aAdjusted for all other variables in the table. bDivorced, separated, single, and widowed. c Private insurance and Medicare. d Indian Health Service. Bold values indicate significance at α = 0.05.