Baseline differences between patients who did not receive the loading dose of bevacizumab and those who did.

Table 1: Baseline differences between patients who did not receive the loading dose of bevacizumab and those who did.

	N, ≥ 3 injections	N, < 3 injections
			p-value	OR	CI
Area of residence (rural)	441	128	< 0.001	1.54	1.23 - 1.92
Marital status (non-married)	1892	396	0.32	1.09	0.92 - 1.29
Gender (female)	1942	412	0.15	1.13	0.95 - 1.30
Socio-economic level (low)	1080	210	0.59	0.95	0.79 - 1.14
Anxiety	409	79	0.72	0.95	0.73 - 1.24
Depression	567	105	0.39	0.91	0.72 - 1.15
Alcohol abuse	14	4	0.53	1.42	0.39 - 4.62
TIA	145	41	0.06	1.41	0.97 - 2.04
CVA	483	94	0.66	0.95	0.74 - 1.21
CHF	402	86	0.06	1.33	0.98 - 1.8
MI	685	148	0.32	1.11	0.9 - 1.36

TIA: Transient Ischemic Attack; CVA: Cerebrovascular Accident; CHF: Congestive Heart Failure; MI: Myocardial Infarction.