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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Cogent Med. 2018 Apr 16;5:1463894. doi: 10.1080/2331205X.2018.1463894

Table 2.

Patients with Low/Average Risk who Over-estimate Risk by Disease

DIABETES1 CHD1 BREAST
CANCER
(Female only) 2
COLON
CANCER1
No.
(%)
OR
(CI)
No.
(%)
OR
(CI)
No.
(%)
OR
(CI)
No.
(%)
OR
(CI)
Overall 1304
(38.8)
2093
(55.6)
788
(32.1)
1482
(13.0)
Age (years)
 30–44 334
(42.8)
referen
ce
518
(57.0)
referen
ce
283
(42.8)
referen
ce
365
(42.9)
referen
ce
 45–59 566
(40.1)
0.8
(0.7–
1.0)
922
(57.3)
1.0
(0.8–
1.2)
346
(33.1)
0.6
(0.5–
0.8)
623
(41.2)
0.9
(0.8–
1.1)
 60–75 404
(34.5)
0.7
(0.6–
0.9)
653
(52.2)
0.9
(0.7–
1.1)
159
(21.2)
0.3
(0.2–
0.4)
494
(37.1)
0.9
(0.7–
1.1)
 P value chi sq. 0.0004 0.0157 <.0001 0.0136
Sex
 Female 997
(39.5)
1.3
(1.1–
1.5)
1713
(58.0)
1.8
(1.5–
2.1)
1134
(41.1)
1.1
(0.9–
1.3)
 Male 307
(36.6)
referen
ce
380
(46.7)
referen
ce
348
(37.1)
referen
ce
 P value chi sq. 0.1340 <.0001 0.0313
BMI
 Normal/underw
eight
585
(34.8)
referen
ce
826
(50.0)
referen
ce
485
(40.1)
referen
ce
763
(46.6)
referen
ce
 Overweight 582
(43.8)
1.6
(1.3–
1.8)
769
(57.7)
1.5
(1.3–
1.8)
215
(29.9)
0.6
(0.5–
0.8)
581
(41.8)
0.9
(0.7–
1.0)
 Obese 137
(38.7)
1.2
(1.0–
1.6)
498
(63.7)
1.8
(1.5–
2.2)
88
(16.6)
0.3
(0.2–
0.4)
138
(20.8)
0.3
(0.3–
0.4)
 P value chi sq. <.0001 <.0001 <.0001 <.0001
Race
 White 1126
(37.9)
referen
ce
1805
(55.4)
referen
ce
652
(32.0)
referen
ce
1315
(41.1)
referen
ce
 Black 47
(49.5)
1.5
(1.0–
2.2)
82
(56.6)
0.9
(0.6–
1.3)
30
(23.4)
0.8
(0.5–
1.3)
38
(27.1)
0.7
(0.5–
1.0)
 Hispanic 48
(42.9)
1.0
(0.6–
1.5)
100
(59.2)
1.2
(0.9–
1.7)
54
(34.8)
1.1
(0.7–
1.6)
54
(33.5)
0.9
(0.6–
1.3)
 Other/DK 83
(45.6)
1.4
(1.0–
1.9)
106
(54.1)
1.0
(0.7–
1.3)
52
(37.7)
1.0
(0.7–
1.5)
75
(39.5)
0.8
(0.6–
1.1)
 P value chi sq. 0.0187 0.7634 0.0744 0.0030
Insurance
 Private 1031
(39.6)
referen
ce
1670
(57.1)
referen
ce
642
(34.0)
referen
ce
1171
(41.9)
referen
ce
 Medicare 200
(33.4)
0.9
(0.7–
1.2)
322
(51.0)
0.8
(0.7–
1.0)
90
(22.9)
1.1
(0.8–
1.5)
248
(35.2)
0.9
(0.7–
1.1)
 Medicaid 73
(44.8)
1.2
(0.8–
1.7)
101
(48.1)
0.6
(0.4–
0.8)
56
(32.2)
0.9
(0.6–
1.3)
63
(32.0)
0.8
(0.6–
1.1)
 P value chi sq. 0.0049 0.0018 0.0001 0.0003
Education
 HS grad or less 87
(44.2)
1.2
(0.9–
1.7)
144
(56.0)
1.0
(0.7–
1.3)
67
(30.9)
1.4
(1.0–
2.0)
89
(33.0)
0.9
(0.7–
1.2)
 Some college 149
(38.4)
1.0
(0.8–
1.3)
268
(59.2)
1.1
(0.9–
1.3)
109
(31.7)
1.3
(1.0–
1.6)
166
(37.9)
1.0
(0.8–
1.2)
 College grad or
higher
958
(38.2)
referen
ce
1514
(55.1)
referen
ce
543
(32.1)
referen
ce
1110
(41.4)
referen
ce
 Other/DK 110
(40.3)
1.0
(0.8–
1.3)
167
(53.4)
0.9
(0.7–
1.2)
69
(34.0)
1.2
(0.9–
1.7)
117
(38.2)
0.9
(0.7–
1.2)
 P value chi sq. 0.3925 0.3617 0.9169 0.0295
1

Models adjusted for education, smoking status, BMI, sex, race/ethnicity, insurance, age, marital status, Charlson category and group (intervention or control).

2

Model adjusted for all variables listed above except sex.