Table 2.

Predictors of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening test by race/ethnicity

Variables	Caucasians Adjusted OR (95% CI)	African Americans Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Hispanics Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age at diagnosis
≤60 years	1.00	–	–
>60 years	1.53 (0.97–2.41)	–	–
Education
≤12 years	1.00	1.00	1.00
>12 years	2.02 (1.15–3.56)†	2.44 (1.55–3.83)†	1.74 (0.98–3.12)
BMI
Non obese <30 kg/m2	1.00	1.00	–
Obese ≥30 kg/m2	0.63 (0.38–1.05)	0.48 (0.30–0.77)†	–
Marital status
Non Married	–	1.00	–
Married	–	1.70 (1.01–2.85)†	–
Family history
Negative	–	1.00	–
Positive	–	0.66 (0.37–1.17)	–
Have Annual check-up
No	1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes	2.04 (1.23–3.90)†	2.90 (1.67–5.04)†	3.49 (1.90–6.41)†
Diabetes Mellitus
No	1.00	–	1.00
Yes	0.68 (0.44–1.06)	–	0.55 (0.26–1.17)

3 (three) separate models were used for 3 racial/ethnic groups;

^†significant at p< 0.05 level