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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2019 Aug 15;125(24):4442–4451. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32451

Table 4:

Adjusted ORs for the associations between trust in physicians and everyday discrimination with prolonged symptom duration in the AACES

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3§
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Trust in physician score (10 units) 0.86 (0.67, 1.11) 0.84 (0.65, 1.09) 0.86 (0.66, 1.11)
Mean discrimination score 1.77** (1.25, 2.52) 1.75**(1.23, 2.48) 1.74** (1.22, 2.49)
Age (years) 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 1 (0.98, 1.02) 1 (0.98, 1.02)
Region
 South 1.0 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 North 0.82 (0.51, 1.32) 0.78 (0.48, 1.26) 0.7 (0.41, 1.21)
Marital Status
 Single 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 Partnered 1.41 (0.84, 2.38) 1.29 (0.75, 2.22) 1.34 (0.77, 2.34)
Divorced/Widowed 2.06** (1.23, 3.46) 2.03** (1.21, 3.42) 2.09** (1.24, 3.54)
BMI (kg/m2)
 <25 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 25-<30 1.48 (0.80, 2.73) 1.51 (0.81, 2.82) 1.55 (0.83, 2.93)
 30-<35 1.33 (0.73, 2.44) 1.34 (0.73, 2.46) 1.31 (0.70, 2.44)
 35+ 1.52 (0.82, 2.80) 1.56 (0.84, 2.89) 1.55 (0.83, 2.90)
Charlson Index
 0 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 1 1.43 (0.87, 2.36) 1.46 (0.89, 2.40) 1.48 (0.89, 2.46)
 2 1.73 (0.96, 3.11) 1.8 (0.99, 3.27) 1.73 (0.94, 3.18)
 3 1.31 (0.66, 2.60) 1.39 (0.69, 2.78) 1.32 (0.65, 2.72)
 4+ 4.13** (1.96, 8.72) 4.45** (2.09, 9.47) 4.62** (2.12, 10.1)
Education
 College or graduate degree -- 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
 Some post high school training -- 1.03 (0.60, 1.76) 1.07 (0.62, 1.85)
 ≤High school -- 0.82 (0.49, 1.40) 0.85 (0.49, 1.45)
Income ($10,000) -- 1.04 (0.95, 1.13) 1.06 (0.97, 1.16)
Insurance
 Private -- -- 1.00 (Reference)
 Medicare -- -- 1.08 (0.59, 1.96)
 Medicaid -- -- 0.99 (0.53, 1.86)
 Uninsured -- -- 1.15 (0.53, 2.48)
No Regular Physician -- -- 0.91 (0.48, 1.73)
Barrier to care seeking -- -- 1.96* (1.10, 3.50)
Primary care provider density (10 physicians per 100,000 population) -- -- 1.06 (0.94, 1.19)

Model 1: trust in physician score, mean everyday discrimination score, age, region, marital status, BMI, Charlson co-morbidity index

Model 2: trust in physician score, mean everyday discrimination score, age, region, marital status, BMI, Charlson co-morbidity index, education, income

§

Model 3: trust in physician score, mean everyday discrimination score, age, region, marital status, BMI, Charlson co-morbidity index, education, income, insurance, no regular physician, barrier to care-seeking, primary care provider density

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01