Table 2.
Multivariate analysis of the effect of age, income, and region on receiving Papanicolaou screening and follow-up of low-grade lesions or unsatisfactory results
| VARIABLE |
PAP TEST |
FOLLOW-UP AFTER A LOW-GRADE LESION ON PAP TEST |
FOLLOW-UP AFTER AN UNSATISFACTORY PAP TEST RESULT |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P VALUE | OR (95% CI) | P VALUE | OR (95% CI) | P VALUE | |
| Age, y | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | |||
| • < 25 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| • 25–44 | 1.52 (1.51–1.53) | 1.19 (1.14–1.24) | 1.28 (0.98–1.67) | |||
| • 45–70 | 1.02 (1.02–1.03) | 1.13 (1.07–1.19) | 0.77 (0.59–0.99) | |||
| Income quintile | < .001 | < .001 | .118 | |||
| • 1 (lowest) | 0.56 (0.55–0.56) | 0.85 (0.80–0.90) | 0.99 (0.77–1.27) | |||
| • 2 | 0.67 (0.67–0.67) | 0.88 (0.83–0.94) | 0.82 (0.64–1.05) | |||
| • 3 | 0.77 (0.77–0.78) | 0.94 (0.89–1.00) | 0.93 (0.74–1.16) | |||
| • 4 | 0.89 (0.88–0.90) | 0.97 (0.92–1.03) | 0.77 (0.62–0.96) | |||
| • 5 (highest) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| LHIN | < .001 | < .001 | .295 | |||
| • Erie St Clair | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| • South West | 1.17 (1.16–1.19) | 0.57 (0.52–0.63) | 1.21 (0.74–1.98) | |||
| • Waterloo Wellington | 1.25 (1.24–1.27) | 0.60 (0.54–0.66) | 1.12 (0.66–1.88) | |||
| • Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant | 1.12 (1.11–1.13) | 0.61 (0.56–0.67) | 1.15 (0.73–1.81) | |||
| • Central West | 1.04 (1.03–1.05) | 0.60 (0.54–0.67) | 0.70 (0.40–1.24) | |||
| • Mississauga Halton | 1.12 (1.10–1.13) | 0.74 (0.67–0.82) | 1.16 (0.71–1.90) | |||
| • Toronto Central | 1.15 (1.14–1.17) | 0.95 (0.87–1.05) | 1.43 (0.89–2.31) | |||
| • Central | 1.20 (1.19–1.21) | 0.87 (0.79–0.95) | 1.20 (0.76–1.89) | |||
| • Central East | 1.22 (1.21–1.24) | 0.74 (0.68–0.81) | 1.01 (0.63–1.62) | |||
| • South East | 1.31 (1.29–1.33) | 0.42 (0.37–0.47) | 1.01 (0.59–1.73) | |||
| • Champlain | 1.38 (1.36–1.40) | 0.78 (0.71–0.85) | 1.08 (0.68–1.72) | |||
| • North Simcoe Muskoka | 1.13 (1.11–1.15) | 0.78 (0.69–0.89) | 1.51 (0.88–2.57) | |||
| • North East | 1.10 (1.08–1.11) | 0.57 (0.51–0.63) | 1.40 (0.83–2.35) | |||
| • North West | 1.07 (1.05–1.09) | 0.75 (0.66–0.86) | 1.19 (0.66–2.16) | |||
LHIN—Local Health Integration Network, OR—odds ratio.