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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Apr 1;124(Suppl 7):1543–1551. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31098

Table 2.

Odds Ratio (and 95% Confidence Interval) of Multivariable Logistic Regression by Race/Ethnicity

White Asian Indian Chinese Filipino
Variable Full Model Final Model Full Model Final Model Full Model Final Model Full Model Final Model
Demographic
Age, 5 year unit 1.38 (1.33–1.44)*** 1.37 (1.33–1.42)*** 1.96 (1.40–2.74)*** 2.01 (1.65–2.44)*** 1.38 (1.16–1.64)*** 1.29 (1.11–1.51)** 1.28 (1.13–1.44)*** 1.31 (1.19–1.45)***
Sex (ref=Female)
 Male 0.97 (0.89–1.07) 2.36 (1.04–5.36)* 1.73 (1.13–2.65)* 0.88 (0.59–1.30) 1.23 (0.95–1.60) 1.36 (1.09–1.70)**
Marital Status (ref=Other)
 Married 1.16 (1.06–1.27)** 1.16 (1.06–1.27)** 0.44 (0.16–1.26) 1.12 (0.74–1.71) 1.09 (0.65–1.85)
Education (ref=≥Bachelor’s)
 ≤High school/GED 0.58 (0.52–0.66)*** 0.58 (0.52–0.65)*** 1.23 (0.58–2.59) 0.58 (0.33–1.04) 0.56 (0.31–1.00)* 0.61 (0.39–0.95)*
 Some college 0.79 (0.71–0.89) *** 0.80 (0.71–0.89)*** 1.09 (0.48–2.48) 1.56 (0.88–2.78) 1.41 (0.83–2.41) 0.77 (0.47–1.28)
Income (ref=High)
 Low 0.65 (0.57–0.74) *** 0.65 (0.58–0.74)*** 0.62 (0.20–1.95) 0.77 (0.42–1.43) 0.40 (0.20–0.79)* 0.37 (0.20–0.68)**
 Medium 0.73 (0.67–0.81) *** 0.74 (0.67–0.81)*** 1.21 (0.51–2.85) 0.85 (0.56–1.30) 1.07 (0.66–1.72) 0.99 (0.71–1.39)
Employment (ref= Employed
 Unemployed/Retired 1.29 (1.16–1.44) *** 1.30 (1.17–1.45)*** 0.80 (0.32–2.00) 0.65 (0.46–0.91)* 0.49 (0.23–1.05) 1.70 (0.89–3.25)
Insurance (ref=Uninsured)
 Any private 2.21 (1.93–2.54) *** 2.23 (1.94–2.55)*** 11.82 (1.89–73.88)** 8.66 (5.44–13.77)*** 3.53 (1.31–9.51)* 5.29 (2.08–13.45)** 2.49 (1.06–5.84)* 3.75 (1.75–8.03)**
 Public only 1.65 (1.40–1.94) *** 1.66 (1.42–1.94)*** 4.06 (0.51–32.55) 2.93 (1.34–6.44)** 4.77 (1.89–12.04)** 4.68 (1.87–11.69)** 1.44 (0.58–3.56) 2.36 (1.04–5.38)*
Acculturation
Time in US (ref=≤10 years)
 Born in US 2.05 (1.18–3.57) * 2.26 (1.38–3.71)** 1.26 (0.21–7.56) 1.37 (0.41–4.57) 1.17 (0.69–2.01)
 >10 years 2.01 (1.20–3.39) ** 2.08 (1.29–3.36)** 0.94 (0.40–2.21) 1.46 (0.49–4.31) 1.00 (0.58–1.73)
English fluency (ref=Not comfortable)
 English in home 1.10 (0.86–1.41) 1.90 (0.85–4.23) 2.10 (1.17–3.76)* 1.48 (0.74–3.00) 1.88 (1.09–3.24)* 1.19 (0.68–2.08)
 Comfortable speaking English 0.93 (0.73–1.17) 0.80 (0.31–2.02) 0.93 (0.60–1.45) 1.71 (0.84–3.46) 2.05 (1.10–3.84)* 1.42 (0.71–2.84)
Access to Health Care
Have USC provider (ref=No)
 Yes 2.73 (2.39–3.12) *** 2.72 (2.38–3.10)*** 1.79 (0.63–5.05) 2.37 (1.54–3.65)*** 3.11 (1.56–6.20)** 3.52 (1.81–6.88)*** 2.68 (1.36–5.28)** 2.82 (1.65–4.84)***
Attitude toward Health
Do not need health insurance (ref=Positive)
Negative 1.47 (1.27–1.69) *** 1.46 (1.28–1.67)*** 1.05 (0.37–2.97) 1.54 (0.87–2.70) 0.72 (0.41–1.26)
Health insurance not worth cost (ref=Positive)
 Negative 1.15 (1.06–1.25) *** 1.16 (1.07–1.25)*** 1.06 (0.37–2.97) 0.90 (0.64–1.28) 1.89 (1.25–2.86)** 1.73 (1.26–2.38)***
More likely to take risks than the average person (ref=Positive)
 Negative 1.00 (0.92–1.09) 1.99 (0.93–4.22) 1.00 (0.54–1.84) 0.97 (0.67–1.41)
Can overcome illness without help from a medically trained person (ref=Positive)
 Negative 1.29 (1.17–1.43) *** 1.30 (1.18–1.43)*** 0.92 (0.38–2.22) 2.09 (1.26–3.45)** 1.85 (1.28–2.67)** 1.56 (0.98–2.47)
General Health
General health (ref=Fair/Poor)
 Excellent/Very good 0.96 (0.84–1.09) 1.64 (0.65–4.12) 1.86 (1.13–3.07)* 0.99 (0.53–1.84) 0.59 (0.28–0.88)* 0.53 (0.35–0.80)**
 Good 0.94 (0.84–1.06) 1.79 (0.72–4.46) 2.07 (1.11–3.88)* 1.01 (0.51–1.99) 0.69 (0.41–1.18) 0.76 (0.51–1.14)
*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001.

USC=Usual source of care.

Negative=Disagree strongly/disagree somewhat. Positive=Uncertain/agree somewhat/agree strongly.

Full model=model with all variables. Final model=model selected by backward selection