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Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2011 Jul 11;117(23):5392–5401. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26198

Table 4.

Multilevel model predicting compliance with individual measures

Variables ≥8 Cystoscopy
OR (95% CI)
≥8 Cytology
OR (95% CI)
≥2 Imaging
OR (95% CI)
≥1 Perioperative Mitomycin C
OR (95% CI)
≥6 Postoperative BCG
OR (95% CI)
Age-group
 66–69 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 70–74 1.39 (0.86–2.25) 0.94 (0.56–1.56) 1.02 (0.83–1.26) 1.35 (0.72–2.50) 0.94 (0.73–1.21)
 75–79 1.04 (0.63–1.72) 0.78 (0.45–1.33) 0.97 (0.79–1.20) 0.78 (0.40–1.53) 0.78 (0.60–0.99)*
 ≥80 0.89 (0.54–1.45) 0.39 (0.23–0.68)* 0.77 (0.63–0.94)* 1.25 (0.67–2.33) 0.52 (0.40–0.67)*
Gender
 Male 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Female 1.48 (1.03–2.11)* 1.11 (0.70–1.75) 0.94 (0.80–1.11) 0.98 (0.58–1.65) 1.00 (0.81–1.23)
Race
 White 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Black 0.62 (0.18–2.16) 1.58 (0.57–4.36) 0.91 (0.60–1.40) 0.24 (0.03–2.08) 0.40 (0.21–0.77)*
 Hispanic 0.95 (0.35–2.55) 0.58 (0.15–2.20) 1.15 (0.77–1.72) 0.53 (0.11–2.49) 0.81 (0.48–1.37)
 Other 1.08 (0.49–2.38) 0.44 (0.11–1.71) 1.16 (0.81–1.67) 2.78 (1.18–6.56)* 1.06 (0.67–1.68)
Marital
 Not Married 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Married 1.07 (0.76–1.50) 1.37 (0.91–2.08) 0.99 (0.86–1.15) 1.30 (0.82–2.05) 1.22 (1.02–1.47)*
Charlson Score
 0 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 1 0.85 (0.59–1.24) 0.87 (0.56–1.37) 1.19 (1.02–1.40)* 1.14 (0.71–1.83) 0.99 (0.81–1.21)
 2 0.48 (0.23–1.03) 0.84 (0.40–1.74) 1.41 (1.09–1.82)* 1.42 (0.69–2.92) 1.03 (0.75–1.42)
 ≥3 0.15 (0.02–1.10) 1.40 (0.51–3.88) 1.39 (0.94–2.05) 1.62 (0.56–4.67) 0.74 (0.45–1.21)
ZIP code Education
 <15% 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 15%–25% 1.24 (0.74–2.07) 1.23 (0.68–2.21) 1.13 (0.92–1.38) 1.45 (0.77–2.71) 1.03 (0.79–1.34)
 25%–35% 1.15 (0.64–2.07) 1.19 (0.58–2.45) 0.99 (0.78–1.25) 1.42 (0.68–2.96) 0.99 (0.72–1.34)
 >35% 1.45 (0.79–2.67) 2.64 (1.27–5.50)* 0.94 (0.73–1.21) 0.67 (0.29–1.55) 1.21 (0.87–1.68)
ZIP code Income
 <$35,000 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 $35,000–$45,000 1.00 (0.57–1.75) 0.81 (0.42–1.56) 0.80 (0.64–1.01) 0.72 (0.37–1.43) 0.83 (0.62–1.10)
 $45,000–$55,000 1.06 (0.59–1.90) 0.82 (0.41–1.67) 1.02 (0.80–1.29) 0.89 (0.43–1.83) 0.87 (0.64–1.18)
 >$55,000 1.09 (0.57–2.06) 0.54 (0.24–1.18) 1.24 (0.95–1.62) 1.16 (0.51–2.61) 0.93 (0.66–1.31)
Region
 West 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Midwest 0.87 (0.52–1.46) 2.60 (1.31–5.16)* 1.84 (1.47–2.30)* 1.09 (0.55–2.16) 0.79 (0.57–1.09)
 South 0.65 (0.33–1.30) 1.31 (0.57–2.98) 1.69 (1.31–2.19)* 1.03 (0.44–2.40) 1.60 (1.15–2.22)*
 Northeast 1.32 (0.85–2.05) 1.81 (0.94–3.47) 1.19 (0.97–1.46) 0.42 (0.20–0.89)* 1.48 (1.12–1.95)*
Year
 1992–1997 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 1998–2002 1.02 (0.73–1.42) 0.72 (0.48–1.08) 1.19 (1.03–1.37)* 1.17 (0.75–1.83) 1.67 (1.39–2.01)*
Surgeon Volume
 Low (<4) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Medium (4–11) 1.00 (0.64–1.57) 0.98 (0.55–1.74) 0.82 (0.67–0.99)* 2.65 (1.24–5.65)* 0.83 (0.65–1.07)
 High (≥12) 0.97 (0.57–1.65) 0.85 (0.42–1.71) 0.73 (0.58–0.92)* 2.95 (1.23–7.04)* 0.86 (0.63–1.18)
Hospital Volume
 Low (<11) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Medium (11–25) 0.81 (0.52–1.25) 1.00 (0.57–1.75) 1.11 (0.92–1.33) 1.09 (0.59–2.01) 1.00 (0.79–1.28)
 High (>25) 0.81 (0.50–1.31) 0.82 (0.44–1.56) 1.11 (0.89–1.37) 1.23 (0.61–2.48) 1.14 (0.86–1.51)
Institution Type
 Non-Academic Non-Cancer 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Academic Non-Cancer 1.68 (1.11–2.54)* 3.27 (1.88–5.70)* 1.05 (0.87–1.28) 1.16 (0.62–2.15) 0.96 (0.74–1.25)
 Academic Cancer 1.80 (0.67–4.85) 7.81 (2.60–23.53)* 0.91 (0.55–1.49) 2.28 (0.51–10.18) 0.65 (0.33–1.29)
 Unknown 1.66 (0.90–3.06) 1.28 (0.52–3.13) 1.03 (0.76–1.39) 1.99 (0.84–4.75) 0.87 (0.59–1.28)
Grade
 Poorly Differentiated 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Undifferentiated 1.32 (0.92–1.89) 1.31 (0.83–2.06) 1.12 (0.95–1.32) 0.96 (0.58–1.57) 1.49 (1.22–1.82)*
Stage
 Ta 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent) 1.00 (referent)
 Tis 1.36 (0.83–2.23) 2.50 (1.41–4.43)* 1.18 (0.94–1.49) 0.55 (0.23–1.35) 1.86 (1.39–2.48)*
 T1 0.93 (0.67–1.28) 0.94 (0.63–1.41) 1.18 (1.03–1.36)* 1.26 (0.83–1.91) 2.03 (1.70–2.43)*