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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Soc Care Community. 2018 Dec 7;27(3):693–705. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12686

TABLE 4.

Multivariate logistic regressions: related counselling and treatment among health centre patients

Smoking cessation
counselling (N = 1,741)
Alcohol treatment/
counselling (N = 289)
Weight management
counselling (N = 5,435)
High blood pressure
counselling (N = 2,565)
High blood cholesterol treatment/
counselling (N = 1,963)
Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Non-Hispanic Black 1.141 (0.833, 1.563) 0.739 (0.504, 1.084) 1.867(1.571,2.218)*** 1.317 (0.916, 1.895) 1.343 (0.669, 2.696)
 Hispanic 0.875 (0.586, 1.305) 0.651 (0.389, 1.089) 1.833(1.518,2.212)*** 1.080 (0.709, 1.645) 0.573 (0.286, 1.148)
 Other 0.778 (0.548, 1.104) 0.835 (0.523, 1.334) 1.080(0.894, 1.303) 1.039 (0.693, 1.556) 1.180(0.515,2.703)
Gender
 Male Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Female 1.088 (0.846, 1.398) 0.507*** (0.368, 0.697) 1.413 (1.251, 1.597)*** 1.004 (0.765, 1.318) 1.036(0.620, 1.729)
Age
 >65 years Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 65 years and over 1.661 (0.851, 3.241) 0.063** (0.009, 0.467) 0.627 (0.502, 0.784)*** 0.899(0.593, 1.363) 1.115 (0.472, 2.629)
Education level
 More than High school Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 High school 0.896(0.660, 1.217) 0.869 (0.596, 1.267) 0.862 (0.740, 1.004) 1.084 (0.773, 1.520) 1.215 (0.610, 2.419)
 Less than high school 1.061 (0.780, 1.443) 0.788 (0.537, 1.157) 0.789 (0.679, 0.917)** 1.045 (0.750, 1.458) 0.730 (0.396, 1.345)
Employment status
 Employed Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Not employed 0.906(0.773, 1.063) 1.194 (0.966, 1.476) 0.893 (0.831, 0.960)** 1.004 (0.845, 1.192) 1.141 (0.824, 1.579)
Poverty status
 200% or More than FPL Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 101% to 199% FPL 1.593(0.981,2.584) 0.719 (0.373, 1.386) 1.236(0.992, 1.539) 1.295(0.803,2.088) 1.284 (0.530,3.112)
 Less than or equal to 100% FPL 1.265 (0.809, 1.976) 0.658 (0.360, 1.205) 1.228 (0.991, 1.522) 1.265 (0.799, 2.003) 0.939 (0.398,2.212)
Health insurance
 Private Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Medicare 0.755 (0.460, 1.237) 2.299* (1.035, 5.106) 1.130(0.901, 1.418) 1.015(0.645, 1.599) 0.900 (0.369, 2.193)
 Medicaid 0.997(0.654, 1.520) 2.133* (1.025, 4.438) 1.010 (0.836, 1.220) 1.154 (0.738, 1.804) 1.195 (0.517, 2.764)
 Other public 0.960 (0.491, 1.876) 1.278 (0.430, 3.800) 0.772 (0.561, 1.062) 0.743 (0.375, 1.473) 0.913 (0.233, 3.574)
 Uninsured 0.893 (0.565, 1.411) 1.870 (0.863,4.051) 0.794 (0.646, 0.974)* 1.057(0.655, 1.705) 1.129 (0.465, 2.745)
Census region
 Northeast Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 South 0.650 (0.419, 1.008) 0.915(0.541, 1.550) 0.846 (0.700, 1.023) 1.217 (0.795, 1.862) 0.792 (0.352, 1.785)
 Midwest 0.667 (0.429, 1.038) 0.924 (0.556, 1.534) 0.958 (0.775, 1.184) 1.487 (0.894, 2.473) 1.191 (0.456, 3.112)
 West 0.550 (0.372, 0.813)** 0.841 (0.545, 1.297) 0.824 (0.696, 0.976)* 0.940 (0.644, 1.374) 1.063 (0.511, 2.211)
English speaking
 Yes Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 No 1.040 (0.617, 1.752) 1.294 (0.670, 2.499) 0.881 (0.738, 1.051) 0.673 (0.427, 1.058) 0.200 (0.076, 0.525)**
Health status
 Excellent/very good/good Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Fair/poor 1.114 (0.858, 1.446) 0.801 (0.574, 1.118) 1.245 (1.099, 1.410)** 1.115 (0.838, 1.482) 1.269 (0.731, 2.203)
Need help with ADLs
 No Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Yes 1.117 (0.830, 1.503) 0.867 (0.607, 1.237) 1.073 (0.923, 1.248) 1.148 (0.842, 1.566) 0.771 (0.423, 1.405)
Need help with IADLs
 No Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Yes 1.143 (0.867, 1.506) 1.500* (1.072, 2.099) 0.891 (0.773, 1.027) 1.021 (0.749, 1.393) 1.314 (0.721, 2.394)
Number of chronic conditions
 None Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 One 1.851 (1.347, 2.543)*** 1.535 (0.895, 2.633) 1.767 (1.518, 2.058)*** 0.786 (0.578, 1.068) 0.790 (0.352, 1.777)
 Two or more 3.622 (2.604, 5.038)*** 2.507***(1.497, 4.199) 2.913 (2.482, 3.420)*** 0.998 (0.764, 1.459) 1.767 (0.772, 4.043)
Types of health centre funding
 Community Health Center Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Public Housing Primary Care 1.009 (0.624, 1.631) 1.785 (0.918, 3.470) 0.817 (0.657, 1.017) 0.810 (0.495, 1.326) 1.872 (0.547, 6.414)
 Migrant Health Center 0.571 (0.327, 0.995)* 0.734 (0.270, 1.993) 0.922 (0.758, 1.121) 1.053 (0.604, 1.834) 3.848 (1.273, 6.166)*
 Health Care for the Homeless 1.073 (0.812, 1.419) 4.881* (3.362, 7.085) 0.790 (0.673, 0.926)** 0.828 (0.584, 1.172) 0.726 (0.386, 1.365)
Number of physician visits
 None Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 One time 0.720 (0.361, 1.435) 0.426 (0.151, 1.203) 1.221 (0.850, 1.755) 0.705 (0.313, 1.586) 4.510 (0.964, 21.105)
 Two to three times 0.761 (0.415, 1.398) 0.692 (0.307, 1.560) 1.501 (1.094, 2.058)* 1.833 (0.865, 3.883) 2.297 (0.760, 6.941)
 Four to five times 1.674 (0.892, 3.139) 0.867 (0.384, 1.954) 2.097 (1.523, 2.888)*** 2.195 (1.031, 4.671)* 3.981 (1.282, 12.368)*
 Five or more times 1.813 (0.993, 3.312) 0.718 (0.326, 1.585) 2.224 (1.626, 3.042)*** 1.633 (0.790, 3.375) 3.149 (1.086, 9.135)*
*

Note. p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001