Table 3.

Univariate and Multivariate Predictors of Patient Treatment Preferences and Advance Care Planning (N = 230)

		Univariate Analyses			Multivariate Analyses*
Outcome	Predictor	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Wanting all measures to extend life	Religiousness	2.14	1.23 to 3.72	.007	1.96	1.08 to 3.57	.03
	Nonwhite	3.08	1.67 to 5.66	.0003	2.42	1.23 to 4.77	.01
	Female	0.92	0.51 to 1.66	.78	0.80	0.42 to 1.52	.49
	Age	0.96	0.94 to 0.99	.002	0.97	0.94 to 0.99	.01
	Zubrod PS	1.07	0.79 to 1.45	.66	1.03	0.74 to 1.45	.85
	Northeast†	0.56	0.31 to 1.01	.06	1.09	0.54 to 2.20	.80
Having a LW and/or a DPOA	Religiousness	0.62	0.42 to 0.91	.01	0.75	0.49 to 1.56	.20
	Nonwhite	0.22	0.12 to 0.39	< .0001	0.23	0.12 to 0.44	< .0001
	Female	0.77	0.46 to 1.29	.32	0.84	0.47 to 1.49	.55
	Age	1.02	1.00 to 1.04	.08	1.01	0.99 to 1.04	.32
	Zubrod PS	0.93	0.71 to 1.21	.57	0.95	0.71 to 1.28	.73
	Northeast†	1.70	1.00 to 2.88	.05	0.82	0.43 to 1.56	.54
Having a DNR order	Religiousness	0.88	0.59 to 1.33	.55	0.81	0.51 to 1.27	.36
	Nonwhite	0.55	0.29 to 1.02	.06	0.41	0.20 to 0.82	.01
	Female	1.27	0.71 to 2.28	.42	1.40	0.75 to 2.59	.29
	Age	1.01	0.98 to 1.03	.49	1.01	0.98 to 1.04	.54
	Zubrod PS	1.19	0.88 to 1.59	.26	1.16	0.84 to 1.59	.36
	Northeast†	0.64	0.36 to 1.15	.13	0.42	0.21 to 0.85	.02

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; PS, performance status; LW, living will; DPOA, durable power of attorney; DNR, do not resuscitate.

^*Multivariate analysis performed with all variables entered simultaneously into the model.

^†Northeastern recruitment sites v southern recruitment sites.