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Table 1 Characteristics of women with diagnosed with breast cancer who initiated AET within 12 months by race/ethnicity, 2000-2007

From: Racial differences in long-term adjuvant endocrine therapy adherence and mortality among Medicaid-insured breast cancer patients in Texas: Findings from TCR-Medicaid linked data

 

Total

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Hispanic

Other

p-value

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Total

1,497

100.0

566

100.0

278

100.0

582

100.0

71

100.0

 

Age (years)

          

<0.001

 20-34

60

4.0

13

2.3

13

4.7

33

5.7

1

1.4

 

 35-49

535

35.7

185

32.7

108

38.9

225

38.7

17

23.9

 

 50-64

902

60.3

368

65.0

157

56.5

324

55.7

53

74.7

 

Tumor stage

          

0.20

 Local

744

49.7

291

51.4

140

50.4

272

46.7

41

57.8

 

 Regional

753

50.3

275

48.6

138

49.6

310

53.3

30

42.3

 

Poverty

          

<0.001

 ≤ 16

503

33.6

270

47.7

114

41.0

94

16.2

25

35.2

 

 16.1-18.3

488

32.6

182

32.2

128

46.0

149

25.6

29

40.9

 

 ≥ 18.4

506

33.8

114

20.1

36

13.0

339

58.3

17

23.9

 

Median Income

          

<0.001

 ≤ 33,502

479

32.0

122

21.6

34

12.2

309

53.1

14

19.7

 

 33,503-41946

482

32.2

205

36.2

108

38.9

152

26.1

17

23.9

 

 ≥ 41,947

536

35.8

239

42.2

136

48.9

121

20.8

40

56.3

 

DPC Physicians per 100K Population

          

<0.001

 ≤103.9

419

28.0

194

34.3

61

21.9

151

26.0

13

18.3

 

 104-198.7

437

29.2

148

26.2

32

11.5

237

40.7

20

28.2

 

 ≥198.8

641

42.8

224

39.6

185

66.6

194

33.3

38

53.5

 

TX-Mexico Border

          

<0.001

 No

1201

80.2

536

94.7

274

98.6

328

56.4

63

88.7

 

 Yes

296

19.8

30

5.3

4

1.4

254

43.6

8

11.3

 

Region

          

<0.001

 Metro

1208

80.7

416

73.5

236

84.9

492

84.5

64

90.1

 

 Urban/Rural

289

19.3

150

26.5

42

15.1

90

15.5

7

9.9

0.48

Year of Diagnosis

 2000-2001

273

18.2

101

17.8

55

19.8

106

18.2

11

15.5

 

 2002-2004

659

44.0

258

45.6

130

46.8

240

41.2

31

43.7

 

 2005-2007

565

37.7

207

36.6

93

33.5

236

40.6

29

40.9

 

Chemotherapy

          

0.20

 No

753

50.3

305

53.9

133

47.8

281

48.3

34

47.9

 

 Yes

744

49.7

261

46.1

145

52.2

301

51.7

37

52.1

 

Radiation Therapy

          

<0.001

 No

725

48.4

295

52.1

155

55.8

235

40.4

40

56.3

 

 Yes

772

51.6

271

47.9

123

44.2

347

59.6

31

43.7

 

Surgery

          

0.22

 No

86

5.7

35

6.2

20

7.2

25

4.3

6

8.5

 

 Yes

1411

94.3

531

93.8

258

92.8

557

95.7

65

91.6

 

Comorbidity score

          

0.06

 0

986

65.9

360

63.6

177

63.7

399

68.6

50

70.4

 

 1-2

333

22.2

144

25.4

58

20.9

121

20.8

10

14.1

 

 3 or more

178

11.9

62

11.0

43

15.5

62

10.7

11

15.5

 
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