Table 4.

Multivariable Logistic Regression Model Predicting Patient-Recalled Physician Life-Expectancy Estimates Accurate to within 12 Months of the Patients' Actual Death

	Univariable analysis		Multivariable analysis
Baseline characteristics	Odds (95% CI)	p	Odds (95% CI)	p
Age	1.04 (1.00–1.09)	0.05
Catholic	6.33 (2.06–19.48)	0.001	4.45 (1.11–17.83)	0.03
Jewish	9.78 (0.96–99.58)	0.05
New Hampshire Oncology Hematology	3.26 (1.16–9.12)	0.02
Karnofsky score	0.96 (0.93–0.99)	0.02
Zubrod score	1.66 (0.91–3.03)	0.10
Charlson index	1.36 (1.09–1.69)	0.006	1.52 (1.07–2.16)	0.02
McGill QOL physical functioning	0.78 (0.63–0.95)	0.02	0.72 (0.55–0.94)	0.01
McGill QOL symptoms	0.72 (0.57–0.92)	0.007
McGill sum score	0.75 (0.56–1.02)	0.07