Table 4.

Risk of Physician-Reported Adherence to Recommendations Against Ovarian Cancer Screening by Patient and Physician Characteristics, Unadjusted and Adjusted Models^a

	Unadjusted risk ratios (95% CI)	Adjusted risk ratios (95% CI)
Nonprofessional cancer experience
None	(Ref.)	(Ref.)
Any	0.80 (0.71–0.90)	0.82 (0.73–0.92)
Patient characteristics
Patient age
35	(Ref.)	(Ref.)
51	0.99 (0.88–1.11)	1.00 (0.90–1.11)
Screening requested
No	(Ref.)	(Ref.)
Yes	0.80 (0.71–0.90)	0.82 (0.74–0.92)
Patient race
White	(Ref.)	(Ref.)
Black	1.02 (0.91–1.15)	1.03 (0.93–1.15)
Patient insurance
Medicaid	(Ref.)	(Ref.)
Private	0.89 (0.79–1.00)	0.86 (0.78–0.96)
Physician characteristics
Reported belief in TVU or CA125 as effective for ovarian cancer screening
No	(Ref.)	(Ref.)
Yes	0.58 (0.48–0.70)	0.61 (0.51–0.73)
Listed USPSTF among top three sources of cancer screening information
No	(Ref.)	(Ref.)
Yes	1.27 (1.12–1.44)	1.15 (1.03–1.28)

Results were adjusted using weights to represent the specialty distribution of the practicing U.S. physician population of family physicians, general internists, and obstetrician-gynecologists.

^aAdjusted model includes all variables in the table.

USPSTF, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.