Sociodemographic indicators and risk of XXXX .

@entity5513 @entity1313 @entity5 @entity11 @entity1653 @entity74
BACKGROUND: To better understand patterns of occurrence or diagnosis of @entity1313 in different segments of the population, we evaluated associations between sociodemographic variables and the relative incidence of @entity1313 as part of a multi-faceted case-control study. METHODS: The study was conducted at hospitals in three US cities between 1994 and 1998. In all, 489 @entity11 cases (354 high-grade, 135 low-grade), 197 @entity1653 cases, 96 @entity5513 cases, and 799 controls admitted to the same hospitals for any of a variety of non-neoplastic @entity74 were enrolled and interviewed. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR), calculate 95% CI, and test for trends. RESULTS: The OR showed significant positive associations with household income for @entity11 , @entity1653 , and @entity5513 , but not for high-grade @entity11 . Positive associations were observed with level of education for @entity11 and @entity5513 , but not for high-grade @entity11 or @entity1653 . Jewish religion was associated with a significantly elevated risk for @entity1653 (OR = 4.3; 95% CI: 2.0-9.0). Being single at the time of @entity5 diagnosis or enrolment was associated with significantly reduced risks for @entity1653 (OR = 0.4; 95% CI: 0.3-0.6) and low- or high-grade @entity11 (OR = 0.6; 95% CI: 0.5-0.8), but not for @entity5513 . CONCLUSIONS: Associations with sociodemographic variables varied considerably among the different subtypes of @entity1313 , including between low-grade and high-grade @entity11 . The general pattern was for associations with indicators of affluence and education to be stronger for @entity5 that tend to grow more slowly and have less catastrophic effects, although the evidence was mixed for @entity1653 . We cannot isolate the specific factors underlying the observed associations, but intrapopulation differences in the completeness or timing of diagnosis may have played a role. There is less opportunity for such influences to operate for the rapidly progressing, high-grade @entity11 than for more slowly growing @entity5 .
