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Table 2 Estimated posterior odds ratios of patient characteristics associated with the intended adjuvant therapies, and relative weights between therapies

From: Geographic variation in the intended choice of adjuvant treatments for women diagnosed with screen-detected breast cancer in Queensland

  

Median posterior odds ratios [95 % CrIa]

Factors

N

Radiotherapy

Chemotherapy

Hormonal Therapy

Road travelling time (TRACT)

    

<1 h

4514

1.00

1.00

1.00

1−<2 h

502

0.88 [0.56, 1.39]

0.74 [0.46, 1.19]

0.94 [0.68, 1.31]

2−<4 h

750

0.66 [0.42, 1.04]

0.91 [0.58, 1.45]

0.97 [0.70, 1.35]

4−<6 h

317

0.41 [0.23, 0.74]

0.44 [0.25, 0.81]

0.74 [0.49, 1.08]

6 or more h

274

0.41 [0.24, 0.73]

0.60 [0.34, 1.07]

0.71 [0.48, 1.04]

Socio-economic status (IRSAD)

    

Quintile 1 Most disadvantaged

817

0.94 [0.65, 1.36]

0.73 [0.50, 1.04]

1.01 [0.77, 1.32]

Quintile 2

1458

0.80 [0.56, 1.12]

0.86 [0.62, 1.19]

0.91 [0.71, 1.15]

Quintile 3

1762

1.03 [0.76, 1.39]

0.91 [0.69, 1.20]

1.01 [0.81, 1.26]

Quintile 4

1539

0.92 [0.68, 1.24]

0.93 [0.70, 1.22]

1.03 [0.83, 1.28]

Quintile 5 Most advantaged

781

1.00

1.00

1.00

Age at diagnosis (years)

    

40–49

933

1.07 [0.85, 1.34]

1.85 [1.51, 2.27]

0.83 [0.71, 0.98]

50–59

2064

1.00

1.00

1.00

60–69

2074

0.86 [0.72, 1.03]

0.50 [0.42, 0.60]

1.20 [1.06, 1.37]

70–89

1225

0.36 [0.29, 0.44]

0.12 [0.09, 0.16]

1.39 [1.18, 1.63]

Indigenous status

    

Non-Indigenous

5467

1.00

1.00

1.00

Indigenous

63

1.66 [0.83, 3.49]

1.16 [0.61, 2.17]

1.33 [0.89, 2.04]

Indigenous unknown

766

0.87 [0.69, 1.10]

0.40 [0.30, 0.53]

1.06 [0.89, 1.26]

Marital status

    

Married

4150

1.00

1.00

1.00

Never married

305

0.78 [0.57, 1.09]

0.79 [0.56, 1.10]

0.85 [0.68, 1.08]

Widowed/Divorced/Separated

1665

0.83 [0.71, 0.99]

0.95 [0.80, 1.14]

1.05 [0.92, 1.19]

Marital unknown

176

0.91 [0.59, 1.44]

1.05 [0.62, 1.73]

0.91 [0.67, 1.24]

Tumour stage

    

Localised (Stage I)

4081

1.00

1.00

1.00

Advanced (Stage II, III, IV)

2139

2.43 [2.03, 2.90]

11.21 [9.60, 13.05]

0.87 [0.77, 0.97]

Stage unknown

76

0.59 [0.32, 1.08]

2.83 [1.42, 5.42]

1.24 [0.84, 1.88]

Occupation

    

Blue collar

245

1.71 [1.18, 2.48]

1.03 [0.71, 1.48]

0.98 [0.76, 1.27]

White collar

907

1.48 [1.18, 1.87]

1.19 [0.96, 1.47]

1.11 [0.95, 1.31]

Professional

1061

1.49 [1.21, 1.84]

1.38 [1.13, 1.71]

1.09 [0.94, 1.28]

Not in the labour force

2631

1.00

1.00

1.00

Unknown

1452

1.28 [1.06, 1.55]

1.05 [0.85, 1.29]

1.27 [1.10, 1.47]

Invasive tumour type

    

Invasive ductal

4074

1.00

1.00

1.00

Tubular

167

0.48 [0.33, 0.71]

0.27 [0.12, 0.55]

0.91 [0.68, 1.21]

Lobular classical

506

0.95 [0.74, 1.22]

0.73 [0.56, 0.95]

1.72 [1.40, 2.12]

Other

434

0.73 [0.56, 0.96]

0.77 [0.57, 1.03]

0.94 [0.78, 1.15]

Unknown

1115

0.81 [0.67, 0.98]

0.69 [0.57, 0.84]

0.70 [0.61, 0.80]