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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Med. 2015 Mar 20;16(7):1410–1425. doi: 10.1111/pme.12727

Table 3.

Predictors of moderate/high pain interference during initial phase of care (ref= minimal pain interference: “not at all/a little bit”) N=2961

Demographics Demographics and Clinical

Demographics Moderate/high PI
OR (95% CI)
Moderate/high PI
OR (95% CI)
Race (ref*=White)
African American 1.17 (0.93-1.47) 1.33 (1.03-1.72)
Hispanic 1.06 (0.79-1.42) 1.19 (0.87-1.64)
Asian 0.89 (0.62-1.28) 1.11 (0.75-1.65)
Age (ref=<55 years)
55 to 64 years 0.90 (0.72-1.12) 0.85 (0.67-1.09)
65 to 74 years 0.40 (0.31-0.51) 0.38 (0.29-0.51)
≥75 0.44 (0.34-0.57) 0.51 (0.38-0.68)
Sex (ref=male)
Female 1.29 (1.09-1.52) 1.36 (1.13-1.63)
Income (ref=≥$60,000)
<$20,000 1.73 (1.31-2.29) 1.31 (0.96-1.79)
$20,000 to <$40,000 1.60 (1.22-2.10) 1.33 (0.99-1.80)
$40,000 to <$60,000 1.27 (0.96-1.69) 1.18 (0.86-1.63)
Education (ref=College degree or higher)
Less than high school 1.30 (0.97-1.74) 1.28 (0.94-1.75)
High school graduate/GED 1.21 (0.95-1.54) 1.18 (0.93-1.52)
Some college/ vocational school 1.14 (0.95-1.44) 1.06 (0.82-1.36)
Clinical characteristics
Stage at diagnosis (ref=Stage I)
Stage II 0.98 (0.76-1.28)
Stage III 1.13 (0.84-1.52)
Stage IV 0.95 (0.67-1.34)
Time since diagnosis (days) 0.99 (0.99-1.00)
Treatment (ref=neither)
Chemotherapy or radiation only 1.04 (0.81-1.35)
Chemotherapy and radiation 2.97 (2.20-4.02)
Stoma (ref=no)
Yes 0.89 (0.67-1.18)
Diabetes (ref=no)
Yes 1.37 (1.09-1.73)
Kidney disease (ref=no)
Yes 1.14 (0.85-1.53)
Crohn’s disease (ref=no)
Yes 2.20 (1.34-3.60)
Pulmonary disease (ref=no)
Yes 2.12 (1.63-2.76)
Heart failure (ref=no)
Yes 1.19 (0.77-1.83)
Heart attack (ref=no)
Yes 1.54 (1.11-2.13)
Stroke (ref=no)
Yes 1.44 (1.03-2.02)
Depression (ref=no)
Yes 1.77 (1.43-2.21)

Goodness-of-fit (Hosmer-Lemeshow)
X2 (df) p-value 8.68 (8) p=0.370 3.35 (8) p=0.910
C-statistic 0.64 0.70
*

Ref = Reference category;

Treatment status reflects the treatment received at the time of the first survey