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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Cancer. 2021 Aug 28;5(3):115–127. doi: 10.3233/KCA-210119

Table 3:

Unadjusted and Multivariable-Adjusted Associations Between Patient Characteristics and OAA Receipt (N=2,792)

Parameter Unadjusted RR (95% CI) Multivariable-adjusted RR (95 % CI)
Race/ethnicity (ref. White Non-Hispanic)
 Black Non-Hispanic 0.78 (0.60-1.00) 0.88 (0.68-1.15)
 Hispanic 1.19 (1.02-1.40) 0.99 (0.83-1.19)
 Other 1.32 (1.10-1.58) 1.16 (0.96-1.39)
Age at metastatic diagnosis (ref. 66-70)
 71-75 0.97 (0.85-1.10) 0.92 (0.81-1.04)
 76-80 0.86 (0.75-0.99) 0.90 (0.78-1.03)
 81+ 0.44 (0.37-0.53) 0.50 (0.42-0.60)
Male sex 1.23 (1.10-1.38) 1.10 (0.99-1.23)
Stage at initial SEER Diagnosis (ref. Stage IV)
 I 0.89 (0.73-1.08) 0.80 (0.65-0.98)
 II 1.01 (0.74-1.37) 0.85 (0.63-1.14)
 III 1.36 (1.19-1.57) 1.18 (1.01-1.37)
 Unknown 1.20 (0.90-1.59) 1.21 (0.92-1.59)
Clear cell histology 1.75 (1.45-2.10) 1.65 (1.38-1.98)
U.S. Region of residence (ref. West)
 Midwest 0.84 (0.70-1.00) 0.92 (0.77-1.10)
 Other 0.86 (0.69-1.06) 0.98 (0.79-1.22)
 Northeast 0.75 (0.64-0.87) 0.87 (0.74-1.01)
 South 0.78 (0.66-0.91) 0.83 (0.70-0.98)
Married 1.35 (1.21-1.50) 1.13 (1.01-1.27)
Lives in metropolitan area 1.06 (0.93-1.22) 1.08 (0.94-1.24)
Dual enrollment 1.00 (0.89-1.12) 1.03 (0.90-1.17)
Residential zip code-level characteristics
 Highest quartile: black race 1.12 (0.99-1.26) 1.13 (0.98-1.30)
 Highest quartile: adults 25+ with less than high school education 0.84 (0.74-0.96) 0.95 (0.82-1.10)
 Highest quartile: households living below poverty level 0.93 (0.82-1.06) 0.95 (0.82-1.09)
Nephrectomy (ref. No nephrectomy)
 Partial 1.09 (0.74-1.61) 1.06 (0.72-1.55)
 Radical 1.24 (1.05-1.46) 1.05 (0.88-1.25)
Myocardial infarction 0.93 (0.78-1.12) 0.97 (0.81-1.16)
Hypertension 1.21 (1.02-1.44) 1.32 (1.11-1.57)
Peripheral vascular disease 0.86 (0.76-0.98) 0.99 (0.87-1.13)
Congestive heart failure 0.85 (0.74-0.98) 0.93 (0.81-1.07)
Dementia 0.31 (0.18-0.52) 0.44 (0.26-0.74)
Cardiovascular disease 0.80 (0.70-0.92) 0.88 (0.77-1.01)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 0.93 (0.72-1.20) 0.99 (0.79-1.25)
Cardiovascular disease 0.99 (0.73-1.35) 1.09 (0.81-1.46)
Rheumatologic disease 1.09 (0.95-1.26) 1.08 (0.94-1.24)
Peptic ulcer disease 0.93 (0.82-1.04) 0.89 (0.79-1.01)
Mild liver disease 1.07 (0.96-1.19) 0.96 (0.85-1.08)
End stage renal disease 1.12 (0.98-1.29) 1.12 (0.96-1.30)
Diabetes with complications 0.64 (0.41-1.01) 0.74 (0.48-1.15)
Year of diagnosis (ref 2007)
 2008 0.89 (0.68-1.16) 0.82 (0.63-1.06)
 2009 0.73 (0.55-0.98) 0.79 (0.59-1.04)
 2010 0.86 (0.66-1.13) 0.87 (0.67-1.13)
 2011 1.08 (0.85-1.37) 1.07 (0.86-1.35)
 2012 1.14 (0.90-1.44) 1.17 (0.93-1.46)
 2013 1.25 (1.00-1.56) 1.26 (1.02-1.56)
 2014 1.01 (0.80-1.28) 1.02 (0.81-1.28)
 2015 1.21 (0.96-1.53) 1.20 (0.96-1.49)