Table 4. The influence of neighborhood disadvantage on mental health quality of life.

Variables	Overall (N=492)				African American (n=248)				White American (n=244)
	β	SE	P value		β	SE	P value		β	SE	P value
Demographic factors
Race (ref: White)
African American	–0.91	1.12	0.4186			N/A				N/A
Gender (ref: Female)
Male	1.05	1.90	0.5815		1.73	3.13	0.5812		0.38	2.44	0.8781
Health Insurance (ref: Insured)
Uninsured	–2.71	1.48	0.0679		−2.59	1.96	0.1887		−3.68	2.62	0.1645
Employment status (ref: Employed)
Unemployed	–2.70	1.06	0.0115*		−2.31	1.58	0.1469		−3.33	1.49	0.0292*
Clinical factors
Age at diagnosis (years)	0.13	0.05	0.0053†		0.08	0.078	0.2237		0.18	0.06	0.0071†
Cancer site (ref: Prostate)
Colorectal	0.29	1.62	0.8581		1.37	2.71	0.6151		−1.07	2.06	0.6049
Breast	1.00	2.18	0.6456		2.19	3.52	0.5350		−0.32	2.87	0.9122
Cancer stage at diagnosis (ref: Stage I and II)
Stage III and IV	1.52	1.65	0.3577		1.02	2.70	0.7075		2.07	2.12	0.3391
Unknown	0.04	1.02	0.9680		−0.88	1.52	0.5649		0.55	1.46	0.7066
Currently in treatment (ref: Yes)
No	–0.96	1.13	0.3998		−1.89	1.70	0.2707		−0.29	1.60	0.8582
Time since diagnosis (ref: >24 months)
≤12 months	0.18	1.52	0.9065		−1.19	2.46	0.6285		0.51	2.00	0.7980
13 to 18 months	1.73	1.35	0.2018		2.54	2.10	0.2287		0.57	1.84	0.7568
19 to 24 months	1.08	1.32	0.4135		0.70	2.09	0.7400		1.07	1.77	0.5481
Medical comorbidities (ref: Yes)
No	0.64	0.98	0.5121		1.70	1.50	0.2584		−0.29	1.33	0.8305
Neighborhood disadvantage index	–0.03	0.49	0.9469		−0.37	0.66	0.5817		0.78	0.80	0.3282

*, P<0.05; ^†, P<0.01; N/A, not applicable.