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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Dec 8;17(7):995–1003. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2010.10.023

Table 7.

Multivariable logistic regressions for concern about medical costs and lack of knowledge about recommended tests

Dependent variable Covariates OR (95% CI) p-valuea p-valueb
Concern about medical cost Physical functioning
 < −1 STD 2.68 (2.03, 3.53) <0.001
Mental functioning
 < −1 STD 2.32 (1.65, 3.27) <0.001
Age
 65 or older 1.0 - - <0.001
 50–64.9 2.42 (1.57, 3.74) <0.001
 40–49.9 3.98 (2.50, 6.36) <0.001
 <40 3.10 (1.88, 5.14) <0.001
Male 0.64 (0.50, 0.82) <0.001
No chronic GVHD 1.40 (0.98, 2.00) 0.06

Lack of knowledge about recommended tests for survivors Male 1.44 (1.13, 1.83) 0.003
No chronic GVHD 1.46 (1.05, 2.03) 0.03
Autologous transplant 1.54 (1.13, 2.11) 0.007
Time since Transplant
 <5 years 1.0 - - <0.001
 5–9.9 years 0.92 (0.64, 1.32) 0.65
 10–14.9 years 0.79 (0.54, 1.14) 0.20
 15 years or more 1.62 (1.12, 2.34) 0.010
Non-white 1.90 (1.02, 3.54) 0.042
Age 65 or older 1.41 (1.01, 1.97) 0.043

Abbreviations: STD = standard deviation, GVHD = graft versus host disease, OR = Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval.

a

Category specific p-value from Wald test shown where different from overall variable level p-value.

b

Global p-value for covariate.