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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2020 Feb 8;130(5):1243–1248. doi: 10.1002/lary.28203

Table 3:

Factors associated with receiving a mental health diagnosis prior to a voice diagnosis among all patients with both voice and mental health diagnoses

Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% CI P
Age 1.01 1.00–1.01 0.0004
Sex
 Male Reference - -
 Female 1.29 1.18–1.41 <.0001
Race
 White Reference - -
 Black 0.82 0.66–1.02 0.072
 Other 0.94 0.73–1.21 0.65
Insurance
 Private 2.66 2.27–3.12 <.0001
 Medicare 1.11 0.99–1.24 0.078
 Medicaid 2.82 2.48–3.21 <.0001
CCI
 0 Reference - -
 2+ 1.21 1.08–1.35 0.0007
Voice diagnosis
 Acute laryngitis 0.96 0.83–1.11 0.58
 Chronic laryngitis 0.74 0.55–0.99 0.045
 Benign neoplasm of the larynx 0.62 0.48–0.80 0.0002
 Laryngeal cancer 0.22 0.17–0.30 <.0001
 Combined nonspecific dysphonia 0.98 0.85–1.13 0.80
 Vocal fold paresis/paralysis 0.65 0.53–0.79 <.0001
 Laryngeal stenosis 0.35 0.24–0.52 <.0001
 Laryngeal spasm 0.83 0.62–1.12 0.23
 Acute laryngitis 0.96 0.83–1.11 0.58
 Chronic laryngitis 0.74 0.55–0.99 0.045
 Benign neoplasm of the larynx 0.62 0.48–0.80 0.0002
 Laryngeal cancer 0.22 0.17–0.30 <.0001
 Combined nonspecific dysphonia 0.98 0.85–1.13 0.80
 Vocal fold paresis/paralysis 0.65 0.53–0.79 <.0001
 Laryngeal stenosis 0.35 0.24–0.52 <.0001
 Laryngeal spasm 0.83 0.62–1.12 0.23

Referent is not having the specific type of insurance

b

Referent diagnosis is not having the specific voice diagnosis