Table 3.
Unstratified analysis—associations of neighborhood SES characteristics with indicators of prostate cancer severity (GEE) adjusted for age, race, and diagnosis year.
| Effect | Tumor aggressiveness | High stage | High Gleason | |||
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| OR (CI) | P value | OR (CI) | P-value | OR (CI) | P-value | |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.31 (1.16, 1.47) | <.001 | 1.27 (1.17, 1.39) | <.001 | 1.37 (1.27, 1.47) | <.001 |
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| ≥ Median % neighborhood poverty | 0.99 (0.87, 1.12) | 0.853 | 0.93 (0.84, 1.02) | 0.126 | 1.09 (1.01, 1.17) | 0.028 |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.32 (1.15, 1.50) | <.001 | 1.32 (1.20, 1.46) | <.001 | 1.31 (1.21, 1.42) | <.001 |
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| ≥ Median % household income <$30,000 | 1.05 (0.93, 1.19) | 0.446 | 1.00 (0.91, 1.10) | 0.998 | 1.10 (1.02, 1.19) | 0.014 |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.28 (1.12, 1.46) | <.001 | 1.27 (1.15, 1.41) | <.001 | 1.31 (1.20, 1.42) | <.001 |
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| < Median % high school education | 1.12 (1.00, 1.27) | 0.054 | 1.01 (0.92, 1.11) | 0.802 | 1.10 (1.02, 1.19) | 0.010 |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.24 (1.09, 1.41) | <.001 | 1.27 (1.15, 1.39) | <.001 | 1.31 (1.21, 1.42) | <.001 |
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| ≥ Median % female head of household with dependent child(ren) | 1.02 (0.90, 1.16) | 0.727 | 0.94 (0.85, 1.04) | 0.217 | 1.09 (1.01, 1.17) | 0.030 |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.29 (1.13, 1.48) | <.001 | 1.31 (1.19, 1.45) | <.001 | 1.31 (1.21, 1.42) | <.001 |
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| ≥ Median % households with no car | 1.01 (0.90, 1.14) | 0.845 | 0.93 (0.85, 1.03) | 0.161 | 1.13 (1.05, 1.22) | 0.001 |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.30 (1.14, 1.48) | <.001 | 1.32 (1.19, 1.45) | <.001 | 1.28 (1.18, 1.40) | <.001 |
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| ≥ Median % public assistance | 0.97 (0.85, 1.09) | 0.576 | 0.89 (0.81, 0.99) | 0.026 | 1.08 (1.00, 1.16) | 0.063 |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.33 (1.17, 1.52) | <.001 | 1.34 (1.22, 1.49) | <.001 | 1.32 (1.21, 1.43) | <.001 |
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| Deprivation quartile | 0.064 | 0.245 | <.001 | |||
| Deprivation quartile 2 versus 1 | 1.07 (0.92, 1.24) | 0.390 | 0.99 (0.88, 1.12) | 0.882 | 1.06 (0.98, 1.16) | 0.165 |
| Deprivation quartile 3 versus 1 | 0.94 (0.80, 1.11) | 0.470 | 0.89 (0.78, 1.02) | 0.083 | 1.03 (0.93, 1.15) | 0.543 |
| Deprivation quartile 4 versus 1 | 1.19 (0.99, 1.43) | 0.068 | 0.99 (0.86, 1.14) | 0.927 | 1.36 (1.22, 1.51) | <.001 |
| African American race/ethnicity | 1.20 (1.03, 1.39) | 0.020 | 1.27 (1.14, 1.42) | <.001 | 1.16 (1.06, 1.26) | <.001 |
*<.05, **<.01, ***<.001.