Table 2.
Odds ratios for factors associated with colorectal screening in Filipino immigrants
| FOBT only vs. Never screened† | Endoscopy (with or without FOBT) vs. Never screened† | Endoscopy (with or without FOBT) vs. FOBT only† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivariate OR (95% CI) | Multivariate OR (95% CI) | Bivariate OR (95% CI) | Multivariate OR (95% CI) | Bivariate OR (95% CI) | Multivariate OR (95% CI) | |
| p | p | p | p | p | p | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Age (5-year increase) | 1.26 (1.03, 1.56) .03 | 1.36 (1.06, 1.74) .01 | 1.20* (1.02, 1.42) .03 | 1.53* (1.24, 1.90) <.001 | 0.95 (0.76, 1.19) .66 | 1.13 (0.86, 1.48) .39 |
| Percent lifetime in U.S. (10% increase) | 1.05 (0.91, 1.20) .51 | 1.06 (0.90, 1.25) .51 | 1.44* (1.28, 1.62) <.001 | 1.30* (1.13, 1.50) <.001 | 1.37* (1.18, 1.60) <.001 | 1.23 (1.03, 1.48) .03 |
| Language of interview (English vs. Filipino) | 0.72 (0.44, 1.21) .22 | 0.64 (0.36, 1.15) .14 | 2.11* (1.34, 3.30) .001 | 1.26 (0.73, 2.19) .40 | 2.91* (1.63, 5.20) <.001 | 1.97 (1.01, 3.85) .05 |
| Gender (male vs. female) | 1.08 (0.64, 1.81) .78 | 1.00 (0.57, 1.75) .99 | 1.63* (1.09, 2.45) .02 | 1.31 (0.82, 2.11) .26 | 1.52 (0.87, 2.64) .14 | 1.31 (0.71, 2.43) .38 |
| Married vs. not | 1.25 (0.72, 2.15) .43 | 1.29 (0.71, 2.37) .41 | 1.85* (1.17, 2.92) .008 | 1.53 (0.89, 2.64) .13 | 1.49 (0.81, 2.74) .20 | 1.18 (0.59, 2.37) .63 |
| Education: ≥ college degree vs. less | 1.08 (0.64, 1.84) .77 | 1.08 (0.58, 2.01) .81 | 2.05* (1.29, 3.25) .002 | 1.06 (0.59, 1.89) .84 | 1.89 (1.03, 3.47) .04 | 0.98 (0.48, 2.02) .96 |
| Annual income: | ||||||
| ≥$50,000 vs. <$20,000 | 0.95 (0.50, 1.79) .87 | 1.25 (0.53, 2.91) .61 | 4.98* (2.91, 8.50) <.001 | 3.75* (1.80, 7.82) <.001 | 5.25* (2.55, 10.8) <.001 | 3.01 (1.16, 7.82) .02 |
| $20,000 to <$50,000 vs. <$20,000 | 1.77 (0.95, 3.30) .07 | 2.23 (1.08, 4.61) .03 | 3.87* (2.13, 7.03) <.001 | 3.43* (1.72, 6.81) <.001 | 2.19 (1.06, 4.52) .04 | 1.53 (0.67, 3.52) .31 |
| Access to health care | ||||||
| Has health insurance vs. not | 1.07 (0.62, 1.87) .80 | 0.66 (0.33, 1.35) .29 | 4.10* (2.26, 7.44) <.001 | 1.13 (0.54, 2.36) .75 | 3.82* (1.86, 7.86) <.001 | 1.70 (0.71, 4.07) .24 |
| Has regular doctor vs. not | 1.58 (0.82, 3.06) .17 | 1.54 (0.69, 3.43) .29 | 4.05* (2.06, 7.98) <.001 | 1.57 (0.68, 3.65) .29 | 2.56 (1.09, 6.03) .03 | 1.02 (0.36, 2.86) .97 |
†
Reference group. All tests were performed using polytomous logistic regression. Multivariate analyses include all listed covariates.
*
Boldface indicates results significant at the conventional .05 level. Results that remain significant using the more stringent criterion of controlling the false discovery rate within each column at .05 are indicated by an asterisk.