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Table 2 Multivariable model for factors associated with delay in adjuvant therapy

From: Ethnic differences in timely adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy for breast cancer in New Zealand: a cohort study

  

Delay in first adjuvant therapya

Delay in radiation therapy >90 days

Delay in chemotherapy >60 days

  

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

Ethnicity

         

NZ European

 

Ref.

  

Ref

  

Ref

  

Māori

 

1.32

0.98-1.77

0.069

1.87

1.17-3.02

0.010

1.17

0.78-1.74

0.452

Pacific

 

2.05

1.03-4.08

0.041

2.47

0.54-11.2

0.242

1.87

0.82-4.26

0.136

Other

 

1.71

0.94-3.11

0.082

1.32

0.46-4.05

0.564

2.03

0.93-4.44

0.076

Year of diagnosisb

0.79

0.72-0.87

<0.001

0.49

0.42-0.56

<0.001

1.17

1.03-1.34

0.017

Re-excision

2.47

1.85-3.28

<0.001

3.55

2.32-5.44

<0.001

1.81

1.19-2.73

0.005

Surgical facility typec

1.53

1.22-1.93

<0.001

1.59

1.12-2.26

0.010

1.58

1.15-2.16

0.005

Distance from hospitald

1.10

1.02-1.18

0.024

1.23

1.09-1.39

0.001

1.03

0.92-1.15

0.654

  1. (Multivariable logistic regression model for factors associated with delay in first adjuvant therapy, delay in radiation therapy longer than 90 days and delay in chemotherapy longer than 60 days adjusting for age, tumour stage, socioeconomic deprivation and comorbidity score).
  2. aDelay in radiation therapy longer than 90 days or delay in chemotherapy longer than 60 days, bYear categories as in Table 1 and reference category year 1999–2002, cReference category private surgical facility, dReference category <10 km.