Time to definitive diagnosis of breast cancer in Latina and non-Hispanic white women: the six cities study

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Table 2 Median time to definitive diagnosis (days since index abnormal mammogram) – By ethnicity, demographics, and clinical characteristics

	Latina Women (n=186)			Non-Hispanic White Women (n=74)			Total (n=260)			Log-rank test
	Median	95%	CI	Median	95%	CI	Median	95%	CI	χ²	p
Ethnicity	60	45	74	27	19	53	50	38	60	10.32	0.001
Age (years)										7.53	0.11
30 – 39	33	3	-	12	12	-	20	7	51
40 – 49	61	35	218	32	3	125	51	32	82
50 – 59	70	35	149	22	9	50	50	29	71
60 – 69	60	35	197	58	19	100	60	38	95
70+	27	7	-	27	7	62	27	16	53
N/A	-	17	-	-	-	-	195	17	-
Insurance										8.06	0.04
Medicaid/Medicare	51	24	199	23	9	-	46	24	197
Medicare + private	218	72	-	60	27	-	64	53	218
Private only	198	39	260	33	12	58	66	35	198
No insurance	48	27	70	20	8	32	42	20	56
History of BC										0.08	0.78
Yes	13	5	198	19	3	-	19	11	197
No	60	45	74	32	20	53	50	39	60
Family History of BC										0.30	0.58
Yes	46	29	260	26	12	62	46	16	64
No	61	43	74	32	19	56	51	38	65
Breast density										2.73	0.25
Almost entirely fat	13	5	-	23	7	-	18	7	35
Scattered fibroglandular densities	51	24	86	19	2	32	35	16	56
Heterogeneous/extremely dense	50	18	199	22	9	-	42	18	61
N/A	149	66	198	58	23	66	66	56	149
BI-RADS Category										18.31	<0.001
BI-RADS-0	98	70	-	60	4	-	82	60	107
BI-RADS-3	95	74	-	66	19	-	125	66	-
BI-RADS-4/5	38	20	50	26	16	50	33	22	46

Note: N/A = not documented in medical record; HS = High School; BC = breast cancer; - = not enough data to estimate confidence interval; BI-RADS = Breast Imaging and Reporting Data Systems.