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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2015 May 19;21(2):118–128. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2015.1034658

Table 3.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of unmet needs predicting missed appointments in a sample of Latino and Black (African-American, Afro-Caribbean and/or African Immigrant) cancer patients

Unmet Needs Latino Blacks
Univariate Adjusted Univariate Adjusted
OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI
Financial 2.01 (.77-5.22) 2.12 (.61-7.38) 1.36 (.69-2.70) 1.74 (.72-4.21)
Transportation 1.29 (.63-2.63) 1.28 (.52-3.11) .72 (.43-1.18) 1.01 (.53-1.90)
Food 1.32 (.59-2.98) 1.17 (.43-3.16) .77 (.42-1.40) .80 (.36-1.78)
Health Insurance .11 (.03-1.46) .38 (.05-3.09) 2.52 (1.43-4.45)*** 3.80 (1.82-7.93)***
Health Law 2.51 (1.04-6.02)* 2.53 (.76-8.45) 2.38 (1.21-4.66)* 3.07 (1.37-6.87)*
Legal .75 (.22-2.51) .62 (.13-2.89) .99 (.51-1.93) 1.45 (.62-3.36)
Housing 3.10 (1.53-6.26)* 1.49 (.53-4.15) 3.31 (1.93-5.65)*** 3.25 (1.64-6.46)***
Supportive Care Services 1.79 (.87-3.69) 1.48 (.54-4.06) 1.90 (1.12-3.21)* 2.27 (1.18-4.34)*
High Needs1 3.36 (1.66-6.80)*** 2.41 (1.03-5.60)* 2.02 (1.24-3.29)* 3.24 (1.74-6.04)***

Note.

1

High Needs: Four or more needs. Adjusted for: Age, gender, marital status, educational level, monthly income, insurance status and time since diagnosis.

*

p < .05

*

8 p < .01

***

p < .001