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. 2024 Aug 17;8(5):pkae071. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkae071

Table 2.

Univariable and multivariable linear regression model for factors associated with financial distress, by Personal Financial Wellness Scale score, n = 115a

Univariable model
Multivariable model
β (SE) P b β (SE) P c
Current age, y 0.1 (0.1) .25 ‒0.1 (0.1) .33
Female sex ‒1.3 (0.5) .01 ‒0.9 (0.4) .04
Race or ethnicity
 Hispanic ‒2.0 (0.5) <.01 ‒1.1 (0.5) .03
 Non-Hispanic non-White ‒0.7 (0.6) .20 ‒0.7 (0.5) .18
 Non-Hispanic White (Referent)
Highest level of education
 <4-y of college (Referent)
 ≥4-y college degree 1.8 (0.5) <.01 0.8 (0.4) .07
Currently employed 2.0 (0.6) <.01 0.9 (0.6) .11
Total income
 <$20 000 (Referent)
 $20 000-$39 999 0.2 (0.6) .77 0.3 (0.6) .67
 $40 000-$79 999 0.2 (0.5) .76 0.2 (0.6) .71
 ≥$80 000 3.2 (0.5) <.01 2.6 (0.7) <.01
Type of insurance
 Private 1.5 (0.5) <.01 ‒0.4 (0.5) .41
 Any public/other/uninsured (Referent)
Years since diagnosis
 <10 (Referent)
 ≥10 0.3 (0.5) .53 ‒0.2 (0.4) .68
Adverse clinical features
 Absent (Referent)
 Present ‒0.7 (0.5) .14 ‒0.7 (0.4) .11
a

Restricted to participants with complete data on all these variables.

b

Global P values for categorical variables in univariable analysis: race or ethnicity <.01, total income <.01.

c

Global P values for categorical variables in multivariable analysis: race or ethnicity = .18, total income <.01.