Table 2.
Bivariate and multivariable analyses of patient-level characteristics associated with urologists’ recommendations to forgo definitive treatment among men with limited life expectancies
| Urologist treatment recommended forgoing definitive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N, %) | Yes (N, %) | P-value | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)* | |
| 350 (48.8%) | 318 (44.3%) | |||
| NCCN risk | ||||
| High | 146 (61.3) | 92 (38.7) | <0.001 | Ref |
| Intermediate | 190 (54.9) | 156 (45.1) | 1.37 (0.95–1.96) | |
| Low | 63 (35.4) | 115 (64.6) | 3.41 (2.17–5.37) | |
| Race | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 345 (52.1) | 317 (47.9) | 0.68 | Ref |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 83 (50.3) | 82 (49.7) | 0.96 (0.63–1.46) | |
| Education | ||||
| High school or less | 156 (47.0) | 176 (53.0) | 0.05 | Ref |
| Some college | 81 (46.6) | 93 (53.5) | 0.98 (0.65–1.48) | |
| College graduate | 54 (59.3) | 37 (40.7) | 0.67 (0.40–1.14) | |
| More than college | 107 (56.0) | 84 (44.0) | 0.68 (0.44–1.04) | |
| Insurance | ||||
| Private | 141 (50.9) | 136 (49.1) | 0.97 | Ref |
| Medicare | 266 (50.5) | 261 (49.5) | 1.27 (0.90–1.78) | |
| Other | 22 (52.4) | 20 (47.6) | 0.93 (0.45–1.93) | |
| Employment | ||||
| Employed | 69 (46.3) | 80 (53.7) | 0.18 | Ref |
| Retired | 267 (52.6) | 241 (47.4) | 0.69 (0.44–1.08) | |
| Unemployed/ot her | 57 (44.9) | 70 (55.1) | 0.75 (0.43–1.31) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 95 (46.6) | 109 (53.4) | 0.21 | Ref |
| Married | 331 (51.6) | 311 (48.4) | 0.89 (0.62–1.27) | |
*
Bold signifies statistically significant associations at p<0.05
**
Age excluded due to collinearity within the limited life expectancies cohort