Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios for Prayer for Health and for Physical Health Status Among Men and Women with Cancer, National Health Interview Survey 2002 Survey

	Ever prayed for your own health			Self reported physical health (Good or better)
	N	N = 2159 95% CI	PV	N	N = 2155 95% CI	PV
Race/ethnicity			0.377			0.031
Non-Hispanic white	ref			ref
Non-Hispanic black	1.94	1.16–3.23		0.74	0.29–0.89
Hispanic	1.15	0.69–1.93		0.51	0.41–1.34
Non-Hispanic other	0.38	0.17–0.88		1.14	0.39–3.31
Age, years			0.000			0.905
18—34	ref			ref
35—49	2.04	1.26–3.30		0.66	0.34–1.27
50—64	2.92	1.81–4.70		0.60	0.33–1.12
65 and older	2.95	1.79–4.86		0.70	0.38–1.30
Gender			0.000			0.001
Male	ref			ref
Female	1.66	1.29–2.13		1.61	1.22–2.12
Education			0.439			0.000
<High school graduate	ref			ref
High school graduate	0.89	0.64–1.23		1.58	1.15–2.16
Some college/tech school	1.12	0.79–1.59		1.86	1.33–2.61
College grad	1.08	0.74–1.59		3.11	2.02–4.78
Marital status			0.019			0.120
Married/living with partner	ref			ref
Widowed	0.79	0.58–1.05		1.05	0.82–1.61
Divorced or separated	0.71	0.54–0.95		0.77	0.74–1.51
Never married	0.71	0.49–1.04		1.87	0.49–1.21
Family income as % of poverty threshold			0.287			0.025
<200%	ref	ref		ref
200—399%	0.99	0.71–1.40		1.87	1.30–2.67
400%+	0.76	0.53–1.09		2.22	1.48–3.33
Unknown	0.88	0.64–1.22		1.56	1.14–2.15
Number of chronic diseases			0.278			0.000
None	ref			ref
1 disease	0.99	0.76–1.32		0.43	0.31–0.57
2 diseases	1.10	0.83–1.47		0.25	0.15–0.36
3 or more diseases	1.14	0.79–1.66		0.08	0.05–0.12
Cancer site			0.000			0.035
Breast	1.93	1.34–2.78		0.6	0.39–0.92
Colorectal	1.60	1.05–2.55		0.58	0.33–1.01
Prostate	1.20	0.82–1.74		0.93	0.58–1.52
Short survival	2.14	1.30–3.52		0.28	0.17–0.46
Other	1.79	1.33–2.39		0.75	0.52–1.08
Skin	ref			ref
Every prayed for your own health						0.001
No				ref
Yes				0.65	0.49–0.86

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PV, p-value.