Table 2.

Analysis of the Likelihood of Choosing Comfort Care as the Primary Goal of Care as Opposed to Life-Prolonging or Limited Care

Characteristics	Frequency in subjects choosing comfort care	p Value	Unadjusted rate ratio (95% CI)
Age
<80	40 (65%)		1.0 [reference]
≥80	29 (74%)	0.38	1.2 (0.9 to 1.5)
Gender, n (%)
Female	45 (74%)		1.0 [reference]
Male	24 (60%)	0.19	0.8 (0.6 to 1.1)
Race, n (%)
White	28 (76%)		1.0 [reference]
Black or [r:c4]African American	38 (63%)	0.26	0.8 (0.6 to 1.1)
Hispanic or Latino	3 (75%)	1.0	1.0 (0.5 to 1.8)
Education, n (%)
Less than college graduate	52 (66%)		1.0 [reference]
College graduate or higher	17 (77%)	0.44	1.2 (0.9 to 1.5)
Marital status, n (%)
Ever married	53 (70%)		1.0 [reference]
Never married	16 (67%)	0.80	1.0 (0.7 to 1.3)
Health status, n (%)
Fair or poor	32 (71%)		1.0 [reference]
Good, very good, excellent	37 (66%)	0.67	0.9 (0.7 to 1.2)
Have advance directive, n (%)
No	26 (60%)		1.0 [reference]
Yes	43 (75%)	0.13	1.2 (0.9 to 1.7)
Arm, n (%)
Verbal	29 (57%)		1.0 [reference]
Video	40 (80%)	0.02	1.4 (1.1 to 1.9)

CI, confidence interval.