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Table 2 Relative risk of an AA patient presenting with Stage III/IV lung cancer by insurance type (N = 2,351)

From: Race, insurance type, and stage of presentation among lung cancer patients

Type of health insurance

Stages

Relative risk (95% CI)

III/IV

I/II

Unadjusted

Adjusted model 1†¥

Adjusted model 2

 

n (%)

n (%)

   

All insurance types (n = 2,351)

 White

976 (65)

658 (77)

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

 AA

516 (36)

201 (23)

1.20 (1.13-1.28) p < 0.0001

1.19 (1.12-1.27) p < 0.0001

1.17 (1.10-1.24) p < 0.0001

Medicare w/o supplement (n = 707)

 White

248 (56)

176 (66)

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

 AA

193 (44)

90 (34)

1.17 (1.04-1.31) p = 0.0077

1.16 (1.03-1.29) p = 0.013

1.15 (1.02-1.28) p = 0.018

Medicare with supplement (n = 620)

 White

296 (79)

215 (87)

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

 AA

77 (21)

32 (13)

1.22 (1.06-1.41) p = 0.0061

1.22 (1.05-1.40) p = 0.0073

1.21 (1.05-1.40) p = 0.010

Medicaid (n = 197)

 White

59 (44)

33 (53)

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

 AA

76 (56)

29 (47)

1.13 (0.93-1.37) p = 0.22

1.12 (0.92-1.36) p = 0.24

1.14 (0.94-1.37) p = 0.19

Private insurance (n = 675)

 White

313 (76)

217 (83)

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

 AA

101 (24)

44 (17)

1.18 (1.04-1.34) p = 0.012

1.16 (1.02-1.32) p = 0.024

1.14 (1.005-1.30) p = 0.042

No insurance/self-pay (n = 152)

 White

60 (47)

17 (74)

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

1.0 Referent

 AA

69 (53)

6 (26)

1.18(1.03-1.35) p = 0.017

1.16 (1.0007-1.33) p = 0.040

1.15 (1.006-1.32) p = 0.041

  1. Relative risk and 95% confidence intervals (CI) computed using Poisson regression with robust variance estimation.
  2. ¥Adjusted for sex and smoking-related histology.
  3. Adjusted for age (continuous), sex and smoking-related histology.
  4. AA = African-American.