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. 2004 Feb;39(1):35–52. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00214.x

Table 3.

Multivariate Ordered Logit Regression on OCR and PDR

OCR (N=4,076) PDR (N=3,131)


Independent Variable (reference group) OR 95% C.I. OR 95% C.I.
Predisposing
Age category (age 81 and older)
 Age 65–70 0.83* (0.69, 1.01) 0.76** (0.61, 0.95)
 Age 71–75 1.03 (0.84, 1.25) 0.93 (0.73, 1.17)
 Age 76–80 0.94 (0.77, 1.16) 0.99 (0.77, 1.26)
Acculturation index (0–100) 1.01** (1.00, 1.01) 1.00 (0.99, 1.01)
Male (Female) 0.60**** (0.52, 0.69) 0.61**** (0.51, 0.72)
Race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white)
 Hispanic 2.19**** (1.45, 3.32) 2.18** (1.30, 3.66)
 Other race/ethnicity 1.07 (0.80, 1.45) 1.46** (1.01, 2.11)
Married (single) 1.02 (0.89, 1.17) 1.14 (0.97, 1.33)
Less than high school education (high school or greater) 1.41**** (1.20, 1.67) 1.47**** (1.21, 1.79)
Medical skepticism
 Can overcome illness 1.04 (0.91, 1.20) 0.96 (0.82, 1.12)
 Home remedies are better 0.76**** (0.66, 0.86) 0.86** (0.74, 1.00)
 Own behavior determines health 1.19*** (1.05, 1.36) 1.25*** (1.07, 1.46)
 Understand health better 0.67**** (0.59, 0.76) 0.75**** (0.65, 0.87)
Enabling
Employed (unemployed) 0.87 (0.73, 1.04) 1.08 (0.88, 1.31)
Household Income ($10,000 or less/year)
 $10,001–$20,000/year 0.94 (0.76, 1.16) 0.72** (0.56, 0.93)
 $20,001–$30,000/year 0.96 (0.76, 1.22) 0.79* (0.60, 1.04)
 $30,000 and higher/year 0.91 (0.73, 1.14) 0.70*** (0.54, 0.91)
 Did not report income 0.95 (0.77, 1.17) 0.89 (0.69, 1.16)
Insurance Status (uninsured)
 Medicare 1.36 (0.91, 2.03) 0.73 (0.43, 1.22)
 Medicare plus other 0.93 (0.64, 1.35) 0.49*** (0.30, 0.79)
 Medicaid 0.95 (0.70, 1.30) 0.65* (0.40, 1.07)
 Other private or government 0.93 (0.62, 1.40) 0.54** (0.32, 0.92)
Residence (urban)
 Rural, nonfrontier 0.95 (0.83, 1.08) 1.00 (0.85, 1.16)
 Frontier 0.98 (0.80, 1.20) 0.88 (0.69, 1.11)
Mexican border county (nonborder) 0.87 (0.72, 1.04) 0.86 (0.69, 1.07)
Need
Hypertension 1.02 (0.90, 1.16) 0.91 (0.79, 1.05)
Coronary heart disease 1.04 (0.88, 1.24) 1.17 (0.96, 1.43)
Myocardial infarction 1.16 (0.94, 1.43) 1.22 (0.96, 1.57)
Stroke 1.05 (0.83, 1.31) 1.30* (0.99, 1.71)
Arthritis 0.94 (0.82, 1.07) 0.98 (0.84, 1.15)
Lung disease 1.02 (0.87, 1.19) 1.09 (0.90, 1.30)
Diabetes 1.08 (0.92, 1.27) 1.21* (0.99, 1.48)
SF-12 PCS 1.02**** (1.01, 1.03) 1.00* (1.00, 1.01)
SF-12 MCS 1.02**** (1.01, 1.03) 1.01* (1.00, 1.02)
2–4 physician visits (0–1) 0.94 (0.81, 1.09) 1.15* (0.98, 1.36)
5 or more physician visits 0.94 (0.79, 1.12) 1.17 (0.95, 1.43)
Worry about health status 0.66**** (0.58, 0.76) 0.60**** (0.51, 0.71)
*

.10 significance level;

**

.05 significance level;

***

.01significance level;

****

.001 significance level.