Table 3.
Odds of preventive screening among Chinese Women in Seattle, WA compared to Vancouver, BC
| City effect (Seattle compared to Vancouver)
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| Ever screened
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Screened in last 2 years
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| Odds ratio | 95% CI | P value | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P value | |
| Screening mammography, 50–74 years old (n = 409) | ||||||
| Unadjusted model | 1.2 | (0.7, 1.9) | 0.48 | 1.1 | (0.7, 1.6) | 0.76 |
| Adjusted for demographic variablesa | 1.5 | (0.9, 2.8) | 0.14 | 1.1 | (0.7, 1.7) | 0.78 |
| Adjusted for all demographic and health care access variablesb | 1.6 | (0.7, 3.8) | 0.26 | 1.0 | (0.5, 1.9) | 0.91 |
| PAP Testing, 20–69 years old (n = 973) | ||||||
| Unadjusted model | 1.2 | (0.9, 1.7) | 0.25 | 1.2 | (0.9, 1.6) | 0.17 |
| Adjusted for demographic variablesa | 1.6 | (1.1, 2.3) | 0.02 | 1.5 | (1.1, 2.1) | 0.01 |
| Adjusted for all demographic and health care access variablesb | 1.7 | (1.0, 2.9) | 0.05 | 1.5 | (1.0, 2.4) | 0.08 |
a
Demographic variables include: age, place of birth, education, employment, housing type, marital status, proportion of life in North America, religion, and speaking English fluently.
b
Includes demographic variables as above and: medical cost concerns, communicate with provider in Chinese, ethnicity/gender of provider, doctor visit in the last year, problems with appointment, finding an interpreter, or transportation, traditional healer visit in last year and private insurance (additional private insurance to national coverage in Vancouver).