Variable N Overall, N = 2,3301 Treatment Received p-value2
Neoadjuvant Multiagent Chemotherapy, N = 1,7021 Postop Multiagent Chemotherapy, N = 6281
Age 2,330 63 (56, 69) 63 (56, 70) 62 (54, 69) 0.035
Sex 2,330 0.3
Female 1,130 (48%) 837 (49%) 293 (47%)
Male 1,200 (52%) 865 (51%) 335 (53%)
Race 2,330 0.2
Black 177 (7.6%) 120 (7.1%) 57 (9.1%)
Other 108 (4.6%) 76 (4.5%) 32 (5.1%)
White 2,045 (88%) 1,506 (88%) 539 (86%)
Type of Insurance 2,330 0.013
Medicaid 110 (4.7%) 79 (4.6%) 31 (4.9%)
Medicare 952 (41%) 697 (41%) 255 (41%)
Not Insured 36 (1.5%) 17 (1.0%) 19 (3.0%)
Private Insurance/Managed Care/Goverment 1,199 (51%) 885 (52%) 314 (50%)
Unknown 33 (1.4%) 24 (1.4%) 9 (1.4%)
Regions 2,330 0.4
Midwest 639 (27%) 456 (27%) 183 (29%)
Northeast 569 (24%) 433 (25%) 136 (22%)
South 686 (29%) 499 (29%) 187 (30%)
Unknown 35 (1.5%) 24 (1.4%) 11 (1.8%)
West 401 (17%) 290 (17%) 111 (18%)
Income 2,330 0.2
< $38,000 289 (12%) 196 (12%) 93 (15%)
>=$63,000 893 (38%) 662 (39%) 231 (37%)
$38,000-$47,999 492 (21%) 362 (21%) 130 (21%)
$48,000-$62,999 647 (28%) 474 (28%) 173 (28%)
Unknown 9 (0.4%) 8 (0.5%) 1 (0.2%)
No High School Degree 2,330 0.037
<7.0% 718 (31%) 541 (32%) 177 (28%)
>=21.0% 242 (10%) 166 (9.8%) 76 (12%)
13.0-20.9% 508 (22%) 351 (21%) 157 (25%)
7.0-12.9% 854 (37%) 637 (37%) 217 (35%)
Unknown 8 (0.3%) 7 (0.4%) 1 (0.2%)
Population Density 2,330 0.6
Metro 1,899 (82%) 1,381 (81%) 518 (82%)
Rural 44 (1.9%) 33 (1.9%) 11 (1.8%)
Unknown 53 (2.3%) 43 (2.5%) 10 (1.6%)
Urban 334 (14%) 245 (14%) 89 (14%)
Charlson-Deyo Score 2,330 0.5
>=3 41 (1.8%) 34 (2.0%) 7 (1.1%)
0 1,640 (70%) 1,191 (70%) 449 (71%)
1 543 (23%) 397 (23%) 146 (23%)
2 106 (4.5%) 80 (4.7%) 26 (4.1%)
TNM Clin T 2,330
c0 2 (<0.1%) 1 (<0.1%) 1 (0.2%)
c1 35 (1.5%) 9 (0.5%) 26 (4.1%)
c2 184 (7.9%) 86 (5.1%) 98 (16%)
c3 1,227 (53%) 1,000 (59%) 227 (36%)
c4 657 (28%) 564 (33%) 93 (15%)
cX 218 (9.4%) 40 (2.4%) 178 (28%)
Unknown 7 (0.3%) 2 (0.1%) 5 (0.8%)
TNM Clinical N 2,330 <0.001
c0 1,388 (60%) 1,086 (64%) 302 (48%)
c1 694 (30%) 544 (32%) 150 (24%)
cX 241 (10%) 70 (4.1%) 171 (27%)
Unknown 7 (0.3%) 2 (0.1%) 5 (0.8%)
Clinical Downstaging 2,330 <0.001
No 955 (41%) 667 (39%) 288 (46%)
Unknown 677 (29%) 356 (21%) 321 (51%)
Yes 698 (30%) 679 (40%) 19 (3.0%)
Surgery Type 2,330 0.003
Pancreatectomy, NOS 27 (1.2%) 16 (0.9%) 11 (1.8%)
Partial pancreatectomy, distal 312 (13%) 219 (13%) 93 (15%)
Total 280 (12%) 214 (13%) 66 (11%)
Unknown 134 (5.8%) 82 (4.8%) 52 (8.3%)
Whipple 1,577 (68%) 1,171 (69%) 406 (65%)
Surgical Margins 2,330 <0.001
R0 1,563 (67%) 1,264 (74%) 299 (48%)
R1 358 (15%) 197 (12%) 161 (26%)
R2 40 (1.7%) 13 (0.8%) 27 (4.3%)
Unknown 369 (16%) 228 (13%) 141 (22%)
Tumor Grade 2,330 <0.001
Moderately differentiated 682 (29%) 443 (26%) 239 (38%)
Poorly differentiated 524 (22%) 304 (18%) 220 (35%)
Unknown 945 (41%) 834 (49%) 111 (18%)
Well differentiated, differentiated 179 (7.7%) 121 (7.1%) 58 (9.2%)

1 Mean (SD))

2 Statistical tests performed: Wilcoxon rank-sum test; chi-square test of independence; Fisher's exact test