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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2007 Jun 2;45(4):282–289. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.05.016

Table 4. Odds that an individual received preventive services by selected sociodemographic variables and belief in the periodic health examination (PHE)* (95% Confidence Intervals): Southern Regional Access Program 2002-2003.

Mammogram Pap smear Colonoscopy Cholesterol screen

N=1546 N=1525** N=457 N=451** N=345 N=335** N=526 N=515**

Believes in PHE
 No -- 1.0 -- 1.0 -- 1.0 -- 1.0
 Yes 3.76 2.23 2.56 2.36
(1.91-7.38) (1.19-4.17) (1.19-5.83) (1.38-4.04)

Age 0.99 0.99 .98 .98 1.02 1.03 1.05 1.04
(.98-1.01) (.98-1.01) (.96-1.00) (.96-1.00) (.99-1.05) (.97-1.05) (1.02-1.08) (1.01-1.08)

Sex
 Male -- -- -- -- 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Female .82 .70 1.29 1.26
(.46-1.46) (.39-1.26) (.81-2.08) (.78-2.03)

Race
 White 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Black 1.26 1.25 1.28 1.19 .74 .66 1.82 1.76
(.94-1.69) (.93-1.68) (.70-2.32) (.63-2.22) (.32-1.71) (.28-1.52) (1.02-3.26) (.97-3.21)

Insurance
 Insured 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Uninsured part/all 0.77 .80 .50 .51 .59 .58 .32 .33
   last year (.55-1.08) (.57-1.13) (.30-.84) (.29-.88) (.27-1.24) (.27-1.26) (.19-.51) (.20-.53)

Self-reported health
 Fair or poor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Good to Excellent 1.31 1.39 .89 .86 .49 .54 1.32 1.36
(1.00-1.70) (1.07-1.82) (.44-1.81) (.43-1.74) (.25-.94) (.27-1.05) (.71-2.44) (.73-2.54)

Education
 ≤ High school 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 > High school 1.87 1.93 .99 1.09 2.43 2.29 1.17 1.33
(1.45-2.42) (1.48-2.50) (.60-1.65) (.64-1.84) (1.35-4.36) (1.26-4.18) (.75-1.82) (.85-2.08)
*

Two multivariate models shown for each service; second model includes belief in periodic examination in addition to sociodemographic variables

**

Interaction between beliefs and each independent predictor variable tested in full model for each service; no significant interaction was identified.