Table 1.

Multivariable logistic regression model including odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence interval (CI) (n=6827).

Characteristic	OR	95% CI OR
Perceiving cancer as a death sentence
Yes	1.44	(1.24, 1.66)
No (ref)	1.00	—
Gender
Male	1.27	(1.09, 1.47)
Female (ref)	1.00	—
Education
Less than high school	1.45	(1.10, 1.90)
High school graduate	1.35	(1.11, 1.65)
Some college	1.21	(1.03, 1.42)
College graduate (ref)	1.00	—
Race/ethnicity
White (ref)	1.00	—
Non-Hispanic Black/African American	0.84	(0.62, 1.13)
Non-Hispanic Asian	0.72	(0.43, 1.22)
Hispanic	0.96	(0.74, 1.24)
Non-Hispanic Other	1.19	(0.75, 1.89)
Age group (years)
18–34	2.50	(1.80, 3.46)
35–49	2.59	(1.91, 3.51)
50–64	1.99	(1.52, 2.59)
65–74	1.28	(0.94, 1.75)
75+ (ref)	1.00	—
Cancer history (self or family)
Yes	1.00	(0.80, 1.24)
No (ref)	1.00	—
Insurance
Yes (ref)	1.00	—
No	1.77	(1.40, 2.25)

Outcome = avoidance of physicians.