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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2014 May 4;208(3):425–434. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.03.005

Table 5.

Fear of Receiving Bad News as a Barrier to Mammography (n=8739)a

Demographic Variable Odds Ratio (OR) 95% CIb p-value
Age 0.99 0.98–0.99 <0.001
Site of Screening
 Van vs. BHCc 0.77 0.65–0.91 0.003
Insured vs. uninsured 1.38 1.19–1.60 <0.001
Race/Ethnicity d
 NH Black vs. NH White 2.46 2.10–2.87 <0.001
 Hispanic vs. NH White 2.98 2.22–4.00 <0.001
 Other vs. NH White 0.89 0.65–1.23 0.486

Wald χ2df 11= 205.73, p<0.0001

a

Multivariable logistic regression model included the following variables (variable values in parentheses with reference group underlined): age (continuous variable), site of mammogram provision (on van, at Breast Health Center), insurance coverage (insured, uninsured), and race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, Other).

b

CI = confidence interval

c

BHC = Joanne Knight Breast Health Center at Siteman Cancer Center

d

NH = Non-Hispanic