Table 3.

Association between psychosocial status and PSA testing in 2012–14 for men in the NSW 45 and Up Study (n = 63,616).

Exposure	PSA testing			Minimal adjustment1				Full adjustment2
	n (col %) 63616	Yes (row %)	No (row %)	OR	95% CI		p-value	OR	95% CI		p-value
Overall health
Excellent	9047 (14.4)	4794 (53.0)	4253 (47.0)	1.00			<0.0001	1.00			<0.0001
Very good	23371 (37.2)	12834 (54.9)	10537 (45.1)	1.11	1.06	1.17		1.12	1.07	1.18
Good	21861 (34.8)	11146 (51.0)	10715 (49.0)	0.99	0.95	1.04		1.02	0.97	1.07
Fair	7300 (11.6)	3280 (44.9)	4020 (55.1)	0.80	0.75	0.85		0.85	0.80	0.91
Poor	1186 (1.9)	442 (37.3)	744 (62.7)	0.55	0.48	0.62		0.61	0.54	0.70
Quality of life
Excellent	14265 (22.7)	7819 (54.8)	6446 (45.2)	1.00			<0.0001	1.00			<0.0001
Very good	24211 (38.6)	13199 (54.5)	11012 (45.5)	1.03	0.99	1.07		1.03	0.99	1.08
Good	17950 (28.6)	8858 (49.3)	9092 (50.7)	0.89	0.85	0.93		0.91	0.87	0.95
Fair	5299 (8.4)	2236 (42.2)	3063 (57.8)	0.67	0.63	0.72		0.72	0.67	0.77
Poor	1040 (1.7)	384 (36.9)	656 (63.1)	0.51	0.44	0.58		0.56	0.49	0.64
Psychological distress (K10)
Well (10 - lt 20)	52100 (83.0)	27590 (53.0)	24510 (47.0)	1.00			<0.0001	1.00			<0.0001
Mild (20 - lt 25)	3435 (5.5)	1668 (48.6)	1767 (51.4)	0.82	0.76	0.88		0.86	0.80	0.92
Moderate (25 - lt 30)	1122 (1.8)	493 (43.9)	629 (56.1)	0.67	0.60	0.76		0.72	0.64	0.82
Severe (30–50)	1054 (1.7)	444 (42.1)	610 (57.9)	0.62	0.54	0.70		0.69	0.61	0.78
UNSP	5054 (8.1)	2301 (45.5)	2753 (54.5)	0.89	0.84	0.94		0.92	0.87	0.98

¹OR adjusted for age. ²OR adjusted for age, place of residence, ¹OR adjusted for age. ²OR adjusted for age, place of residence, income.