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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population: proportions by site sex, age, stage, deprivation, rurality and comorbidity

From: A retrospective cohort study of patients with stomach and liver cancers: the impact of comorbidity and ethnicity on cancer care and outcomes

  

Māori

Non-Māori

 
 

Total cohort1

Unadj

Age Std2

Unadj

Age Std2

 
 

n (total =524)

%

n (total =269)

%

%

n (total =269)

%

%

p

Cancer site

         

Liver cancer

189

36%

97

36%

 

92

36%

  

Stomach cancer

335

64%

172

64%

 

163

64%

  

Sex

        

0.104

Male

349

67%

170

63%

64%

179

70%

70%

 

Female

175

33%

99

37%

36%

76

30%

30%

 

Age (years)

         

25-49

105

20%

73

27%

-

32

13%

-

 

50-64

152

29%

96

36%

-

56

22%

-

 

65-74

139

27%

64

24%

-

75

29%

-

 

75+

128

24%

36

13%

-

92

36%

-

 

Mean age (SD)

64 (15)

 

60 (14)

  

68 (14)

  

<0.001

Stage (TNM)

        

0.688

I

84

16%

41

15%

16%

43

17%

17%

 

II

93

18%

51

19%

19%

42

16%

17%

 

III

116

22%

59

22%

22%

57

22%

22%

 

IV

226

43%

118

44%

42%

108

42%

43%

 

Unstaged

5

1%

0

-

-

5

2%

2%

 

NZDep (Deciles)

        

<0.001

Lowest deprivation: 1-2

38

7%

12

5%

5%

26

10%

10%

 

3-4

61

12%

18

7%

7%

43

17%

17%

 

5-6

81

16%

32

12%

11%

49

20%

19%

 

7-8

112

22%

47

18%

18%

65

26%

27%

 

Highest deprivation: 9-10

217

43%

151

58%

60%

66

27%

27%

 

Rurality

        

<0.001

Urban

371

73%

166

64%

65%

205

82%

83%

 

Independent urban

77

15%

51

20%

19%

26

10%

10%

 

Rural

61

12%

43

17%

16%

18

7%

7%

 

Common comorbidities

         

Angina

78

16%

36

13%

17%

42

16%

14%

0.376

Hypertension

200

39%

106

39%

46%

94

37%

33%

<0.001

Myocardial infarction

41

9%

16

6%

7%

25

10%

8%

0.735

Arrhythmia

84

17%

38

14%

18%

46

18%

16%

0.545

CHF

51

9%

29

11%

15%

22

9%

7%

<0.001

Mild CPD

32

6%

17

6%

7%

15

6%

5%

0.385

Mod/Severe CPD

41

9%

16

6%

8%

25

10%

8%

0.818

CVD

53

12%

19

7%

9%

34

13%

11%

0.418

Uncomplicated diabetes

131

23%

74

28%

29%

57

22%

22%

0.100

Other primary tumour

48

10%

19

7%

8%

29

11%

10%

0.595

Mod/severe renal disease

27

4%

19

7%

9%

8

3%

3%

<0.001

Obesity

45

7%

31

12%

10%

14

5%

5%

0.028

C3 Index category 3

        

0.050

0

212

40%

108

40%

36%

104

41%

43%

 

1

92

18%

47

17%

17%

45

18%

19%

 

2

74

14%

35

13%

13%

39

15%

15%

 

3

146

28%

79

29%

34%

67

26%

23%

 
  1. 1Total cohort results weighted to total liver/stomach cancer population (2006–2008). 2Age standardised to total NZ cancer population (2006–2008). 3 C3 index category: ’0’ (C3 Index score < =0), ‘1’ (0 < score < =1), ‘2’ (1 < score < =2) and ‘3’ (score >2).