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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Sep 21;23(12):2895–2905. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0724

Table 4. Hazard ratio estimates for factors associated with disengagement by race.

Model for White participants
(n=27,588)
Model for Black participants
(n=4161)


Hazard ratio
(95% Confidence interval)
p-value Hazard ratio
(95% Confidence interval
p-value


DEMOGRAPHICS
 Age
  50-54 years 1.58 (1.31, 1.89) <.0001
  55-59 years 1.07 (0.98, 1.16) 0.1494 1.41 (1.15, 1.73) 0.0012
  60-64 years 0.94 (0.86, 1.04) 0.2273 1.04 (0.84, 1.28) 0.7426
  65 years and older 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Hispanic ethnicity vs. not 1.83 (1.34, 2.50) 0.0001 1.37 (0.82, 2.28) 0.2332
 Living alone vs. not 1.35 (1.20, 1.50) <.0001 1.27 (1.12, 1.45) 0.0003
 College degree vs. not 0.81 (0.75, 0.88) <.0001 0.88 (0.75, 1.03) 0.1150
COMORBIDITIES
 Family history of prostate cancer 0.91 (0.84, 0.99) 0.0302 0.76 (0.64, 0.90) 0.0017
 Current smoker vs. former or never smoker 1.51 (1.33, 1.71) <.0001 1.47 (1.27, 1.70) <.0001
WHY PARTICIPATING IN SELECT
 "It makes me proud to be part of a study” vs. not 0.85 (0.79, 0.91) <.0001 1.03 (0.91, 1.16) 0.6619
 “It may help others in the future” vs. not 0.84 (0.74, 0.94) 0.0035 0.90 (0.78, 1.03) 0.1276
 “My wife or others in my family want me to join” vs. not 1.00 (0.90, 1.11) 0.9417 0.76 (0.63, 0.92) 0.0040
SITE CHARACTERISTICS
 Received an R&A grant vs. not 0.66 (0.45, 0.97) 0.0355 0.76 (0.57, 1.00) 0.0532
 Number of training meetings missed
   5 or more 1.92 (1.38, 2.67) 0.0001 2.00 (1.20, 3.35) 0.0079
   3 or 4 1.40 (0.94, 2.08) 0.0954 1.74 (1.17, 2.57) 0.0056
   0, 1 or 2 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
 Type of site
   CCOP 0.67 (0.52, 0.86) 0.0014 0.70 (0.51, 0.96) 0.0277
   VA 1.99 (1.26, 3.15) 0.0032 0.87 (0.65, 1.16) 0.3523
   Other 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)

Covariates are adjusted for all other covariates presented in the table.

Abbreviations: R&A = Retention and Adherence. CCOP=Community Clinical Oncology Program. VA=Veterans Affairs