Associations of Education Level With Survival Outcomes and Treatment Receipt in Patients With Gastric Adenocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It remains largely unclear how education level, an important socioeconomic factor, affects prognoses for patients with gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). We aimed to demonstrate the associations between education level and clinical outcomes in patients with GAC.

Methods

We included a total of 30,409 patients diagnosed with GAC from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 18 registry database. Education level, household income, unemployment rate, poverty rate, insurance status, and marital status were selected as sociodemographic variables for the comprehensive analysis. Cox and logistic regression models, Kaplan-Meier curves, and subgroup analyses were the primary statistical methods employed.

Results

A low level of education was correlated with less inc

SUBMITTER: Xu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218109 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature