Table 3.

Comparison of Physician Discussion, Decision making and Disclosure between English-speaking Japanese Americans, Japanese-speaking Japanese Americans, and Japanese Living in Japan, After Adjustment^*,^†

	English-speaking Japanese Americans, OR (95% CI)	Japanese-speaking Japanese Americans, OR (95% CI)	Japanese living in Japan, OR
Discuss end of life with a physician	0.73 (0.41 to 1.31)	1.10 (0.62 to 1.94)	1.0
Group decision-making model	1.11 (0.70 to 1.74)	0.63 (0.41 to 0.97)	1.0
Terminal prognosis disclosure to the patient using words	8.79 (5.42 to 14.3)	2.80 (1.79 to 4.37)	1.0
Terminal prognosis disclosure to the family using words	2.01 (1.05 to 3.88)	1.03 (0.58 to 1.83)	1.0

^*In addition to the cohort variable, the logistic regression model included the following variables: age, gender, marital status, residential status, years of education, household income, religiosity, religious group, physical and mental health–related quality of life, number of chronic conditions, have a regular physician, hospitalization in the past 6 months, and visit to an intensive care unit.

^†Reference group: Japanese living in Japan.

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.