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. 2022 Nov 2;115(2):146–154. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac204

Table 2.

Factors associated with receipt of full vaccination and booster doses based on multivariable Cox proportional hazards models with interaction terms for time since diagnosis with cancer type and receipt of recent systemic therapya

Variables Full vaccination (n = 356 535) Booster doses (n = 306 212)
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Age
 Point estimate at 40 y 1.06 (1.05 to 1.06) 1.09 (1.08 to 1.09)
 Point estimate at 80 y 1.00 (0.99 to 1.00) 0.95 (0.94 to 0.95)
Sex
 Female 1.08 (1.08 to 1.09) 1.01 (1.00 to 1.01)
 Male Referent Referent
Cancer type
 Hematologic vs solid cancer (diagnosed in the last year) 1.20 (1.16 to 1.24) 1.37 (1.32 to 1.43)
 Hematologic vs solid cancer (diagnosed 1-5 y prior) 1.09 (1.07 to 1.11) 1.22 (1.20 to 1.24)
 Hematologic vs solid cancer (diagnosed 5-10 y prior) 1.03 (1.01 to 1.05) 1.12 (1.10 to 1.14)
Recent systemic therapy
 Recent systemic therapy vs none (diagnosed in last year) 1.02 (1.00 to 1.04) 1.01 (0.98 to 1.03)
 Recent systemic therapy vs none (diagnosed 1-5 y prior) 1.00 (0.99 to 1.01) 1.07 (1.06 to 1.08)
 Recent systemic therapy vs none (diagnosed 5-10 y prior) 1.12 (1.12 to 1.14) 1.11 (1.09 to 1.13)
Immigration status
 Recent 0.74 (0.72 to 0.76) 0.67 (0.65 to 0.70)
 Nonrecent 0.80 (0.79 to 0.81) 0.71 (0.70 to 0.73)
 Long-term resident/Canadian Referent Referent
Socioeconomic status
 Rural 0.87 (0.86 to 0.89) 0.88 (0.86 to 0.90)
 Q1-low 0.82 (0.81 to 0.84) 0.86 (0.84 to 0.88)
 Q2 0.87 (0.85 to 0.88) 0.89 (0.88 to 0.91)
 Q3 0.90 (0.89 to 0.91) 0.91 (0.89 to 0.92)
 Q4 0.94 (0.93 to 0.95) 0.93 (0.92 to 0.94)
 Q5-high Referent Referent
Aggregated clinical groups
 0-4 ADGs Referent Referent
 5-9 ADGs 1.36 (1.35 to 1.38) 1.06 (1.05 to 1.07)
 10+ ADGs 1.30 (1.29 to 1.32) 1.04 (1.03 to 1.05)
Residential Instability quintile
 Q1- low Referent Referent
 Q2 0.99 (0.98 to 1.00) 1.02 (1.00 to 1.03)
 Q3 1.00 (0.99 to 1.01) 1.04 (1.03 to 1.06)
 Q4 1.04 (1.02 to 1.05) 1.09 (1.07 to 1.11)
 Q5- high 1.02 (1.00 to 1.03) 1.12 (1.10 to 1.14)
Material Deprivation quintile
 Q1-low Referent Referent
 Q2 0.95 (0.94 to 0.96) 0.96 (0.95 to 0.97)
 Q3 0.91 (0.90 to 0.92) 0.93 (0.92 to 0.95)
 Q4 0.86 (0.85 to 0.88) 0.89 (0.87 to 0.90)
 Q5-high 0.80 (0.78 to 0.81) 0.81 (0.80 to 0.83)
Dependency quintile
 Q1- low Referent Referent
 Q2 1.04 (1.02 to 1.05) 1.02 (1.01 to 1.04)
 Q3 1.05 (1.04 to 1.07) 1.04 (1.02 to 1.05)
 Q4 1.07 (1.06 to 1.08) 1.05 (1.04 to 1.07)
 Q5- high 1.13 (1.12 to 1.15) 1.07 (1.06 to 1.09)
Ethnic Concentration quintile
 Q1-low Referent Referent
 Q2 1.00 (1.00 to 1.02) 1.02 (1.01 to 1.04)
 Q3 1.01 (1.00 to 1.02) 1.03 (1.01 to 1.04)
 Q4 1.03 (1.01 to 1.04) 1.01 (1.00 to 1.03)
 Q5- high 1.00 (0.99 to 1.02) 0.97 (0.95 to 0.99)
Resident of a long-term care facility
 Yes 1.05 (1.02 to 1.09)
 No Referent
COVID-19 infection before first dose
 Yes 1.12 (1.10 to 1.15) 0.87 (0.84 to 0.90)
 No Referent Referent
Regional Public Health Authority
 Central East 0.83 (0.81 to 0.84) 1.15 (1.13 to 1.18)
 Central West 0.86 (0.85 to 0.87) 1.05 (1.04 to 1.07)
 Durham 0.95 (0.93 to 0.97) 0.98 (0.95 to 1.00)
 Eastern 0.83 (0.81 to 0.84) 1.22 (1.20 to 1.25)
 North 0.90 (0.88 to 0.91) 1.08 (1.05 to 1.10)
 Ottawa 0.93 (0.91 to 0.94) 1.28 (1.24 to 1.30)
 Peel 0.93 (0.91 to 0.94) 0.85 (0.84 to 0.87)
 South West 0.87 (0.86 to 0.88) 1.15 (1.13 to 1.17)
 York 0.98 (0.97 to 1.00) 0.96 (0.94 to 0.98)
 Toronto Referent Referent
Time to second dose
 Increment: week 1.07 (1.07 to 1.07)
Omicron
 After Omicron 1.05 (1.03 to 1.06)
 Before Omicron Referent
a

HR = hazard ratio; CI = confidence interval; ADG = aggregated diagnosis groups.