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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Apr 18;48(6):1050–1059. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.02.005

Table 2.

Multivariable Logistic Regression of the Odds of Reporting Any Pain (n = 4141)

Variable OR (95% CI) P-value
Race/ethnicity
 White 1.00
 Black 1.02 (0.83–1.25) 0.854
 Hispanic/Latino 0.87 (0.63–1.19) 0.389
 Asian/Pacific Islander 0.88 (0.61–1.27) 0.491
 Multiracial 1.54 (1.03–2.31) 0.036
 Other 1.42 (0.87–2.31) 0.159
Sex
 Male 1.00
 Female 1.13 (0.98–1.29) 0.093
Age
 18–54 1.00
 55–64 0.84 (0.69–1.01) 0.068
 65–74 0.87 (0.47–0.69) 0.001
 75 and older 0.48 (0.39–0.60) <0.001
Education
 Less than high school diploma 1.00
 High school diploma/some college 1.02 (0.84–1.24) 0.843
 College graduate 0.87 (0.69–1.10) 0.251
Marital status
 Married/living with partner 1.00
 Widowed/divorced/separated 1.02 (0.88–1.19) 0.772
 Never married 0.92 (0.68–1.24) 0.588
Wealth
 Less than one month 1.00
 One month to a year 0.79 (0.65–0.94) 0.010
 More than a year 0.74 (0.62–0.89) 0.001
Survey language
 English
 Spanish 0.88 (0.52–1.50) 0.640
 Mandarin 0.54 (0.25–1.17) 0.121
Self-reported health status
 Excellent 1.00
 Very good 1.34 (1.08–1.68) 0.009
 Good 2.30 (1.85–2.86) <0.001
 Fair 3.47 (2.70–4.47) <0.001
 Poor 3.71 (2.54–5.42) <0.001
Cancer stage
 I–III 1.00
 IV 1.20 (1.02–1.42) 0.029
Depressed affect
 No 1.00
 Yes 2.12 (1.73–2.58) <0.001
Fatalism
 No 1.00
 Yes 1.01 (0.88–1.16) 0.910
Cancer type
 Lung 1.00
 Colorectal 0.51 (0.45–0.59) <0.001

OR = odds ratio.

Values in bold are statistically significant at P<0.05.