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. 2023 Oct 23;116(3):445–454. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djad175

Table 3.

Demographic risk factors for mental illness among prostate cancer survivors

0-2 y After cancer diagnosis
2-5 y After cancer diagnosis
5-10 y After cancer diagnosis
10- y After cancer diagnosis
Mental illnessa
Mental illnessa
Mental illnessa
Mental illnessa
Factor HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 Hispanic 1.24 (1.14 to 1.36) 1.09 (0.99 to 1.21) 1.15 (1.04 to 1.28) 1.10 (0.92 to 1.32)
Race
 Asian 0.69 (0.46 to 1.05) 0.63 (0.40 to 1.00) 1.06 (0.72 to 1.56) 0.67 (0.32 to 1.41)
 Black 1.49 (1.14 to 1.96) 1.38 (1.00 to 1.90) 1.18 (0.82 to 1.69) 1.50 (0.85 to 2.64)
 White (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 Multiple races 1.16 (1.01 to 1.33) 1.24 (1.07 to 1.44) 1.27 (1.10 to 1.47) 1.16 (0.93 to 1.46)
 Other 1.61 (0.80 to 3.22) 1.28 (0.53 to 3.07) 1.47 (0.55 to 3.92)
Baseline BMIb
 <18.5 1.53 (1.03 to 2.26) 1.71 (1.12 to 2.62) 1.64 (1.01 to 2.66) 1.54 (0.73 to 3.27)
 18.5-24.9 (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 25.0-29.9 0.96 (0.90 to 1.03) 0.96 (0.89 to 1.03) 1.02 (0.95 to 1.10) 1.03 (0.92 to 1.14)
 ≥30 0.98 (0.91 to 1.06) 1.05 (0.97 to 1.14) 1.20 (1.10 to 1.31) 1.23 (1.08 to 1.39)
Baseline Charlson Comorbidity Indexb
 0 (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 ≥1 1.69 (1.60 to 1.78) 1.95 (1.83 to 2.07) 1.79 (1.68 to 1.90) 1.61 (1.47 to 1.76)
Educationc
 High school or less (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 College 1.02 (0.95 to 1.08) 1.00 (0.93 to 1.07) 1.02 (0.95 to 1.10) 1.08 (0.97 to 1.20)
 Post-college 1.02 (0.95 to 1.08) 1.06 (0.99 to 1.14) 1.11 (1.03 to 1.19) 1.02 (0.92 to 1.14)
Baseline marital statusc
 Married (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 Widowed 1.05 (0.95 to 1.17) 0.96 (0.86 to 1.08) 1.14 (1.02 to 1.27) 1.25 (1.07 to 1.47)
 Unmarried 1.74 (1.55 to 1.95) 1.53 (1.33 to 1.75) 1.40 (1.20 to 1.62) 1.32 (1.02 to 1.72)
Residencyc
 Urban (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 Rural 1.00 (0.93 to 1.08) 0.98 (0.90 to 1.06) 1.00 (0.92 to 1.08) 0.92 (0.81 to 1.04)
US Census Bureau tract-level median household incomed
 ≤$32 047 (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 $32 048-$53 412 0.79 (0.68 to 0.93) 0.88 (0.73 to 1.05) 1.04 (0.86 to 1.26) 0.98 (0.73 to 1.31)
 $53 413-$106 826 0.70 (0.60 to 0.82) 0.80 (0.67 to 0.95) 0.95 (0.78 to 1.14) 0.95 (0.71 to 1.27)
 $106 827-$373 894 0.76 (0.62 to 0.94) 0.96 (0.76 to 1.21) 0.93 (0.71 to 1.21) 1.24 (0.84 to 1.85)
P for trend <.0001 .0099 .0055 .9205
Yost Socioeconomic Indexd
 Quintile 1 (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 Quintile 2 0.82 (0.75 to 0.89) 0.86 (0.78 to 0.95) 0.87 (0.79 to 0.96) 0.77 (0.66 to 0.90)
 Quintile 3 0.86 (0.79 to 0.94) 0.89 (0.81 to 0.97) 0.99 (0.90 to 1.09) 1.01 (0.88 to 1.17)
 Quintile 4 0.80 (0.73 to 0.87) 0.79 (0.72 to 0.88) 0.90 (0.82 to 1.00) 0.92 (0.80 to 1.07)
 Quintile 5 0.74 (0.68 to 0.80) 0.82 (0.75 to 0.90) 0.85 (0.77 to 0.93) 0.96 (0.84 to 1.11)
P for trend <.0001 <.0001 .002 .5632
Baseline health insurance statusd
 Medicare (Referent) (Referent) (Referent) (Referent)
 Other government support 1.32 (1.11 to 1.56) 1.23 (1.02 to 1.49) 1.11 (0.90 to 1.38) 1.32 (0.93 to 1.87)
 Private health insurance 0.83 (0.76 to 0.89) 0.72 (0.66 to 0.79) 0.81 (0.74 to 0.89) 1.04 (0.91 to 1.19)
 Blue Cross/Blue Shield 0.84 (0.75 to 0.94) 0.72 (0.64 to 0.82) 0.83 (0.73 to 0.94) 0.86 (0.71 to 1.05)
 Other 1.02 (0.87 to 1.18) 0.97 (0.82 to 1.15) 0.98 (0.83 to 1.17) 1.10 (0.84 to 1.45)
a

Bold value indicates statistical significance (P < .05). BMI = body mass index; CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio.

b

Adjusted for race and ethnicity, diagnosis age, and education.

c

Adjusted for race and ethnicity, and diagnosis age.

d

Adjusted for race and ethnicity, marital status, baseline Charlson Comorbidity Index, baseline body mass index, age at diagnosis, and diagnosis year.