Table 3.
Sociodemographics | Look for Health Care Provider | Used Email or Internet to Communicate with Doctor | Bought Medicine or Vitamins Online | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Gender (ref: Male) | ||||||
Female | 1.16 | 0.96, 1.41 | 1.14 | 0.91, 1.43 | 1.25 | 0.99, 1.58 |
Age Group (ref: 18–34) | ||||||
35–49 | 0.67 | 0.49, 0.92 * | 1.08 | 0.79, 1.47 | 0.84 | 0.61, 1.17 |
50–64 | 0.49 | 0.36, 0.65 *** | 0.82 | 0.61, 1.10 | 0.80 | 0.55, 1.17 |
65–74 | 0.27 | 0.18, 0.40 *** | 0.60 | 0.42, 0.85 ** | 0.73 | 0.47, 1.11 |
>75 | 0.16 | 0.09, 0.28 *** | 0.46 | 0.28, 0.76 ** | 0.69 | 0.42, 1.16 |
Race/Ethnicity (ref: non-Hispanic White) | ||||||
Non-Hispanic Black | 1.27 | 0.91, 1.78 | 0.91 | 0.61, 1.37 | 0.56 | 0.38, 0.84 ** |
Hispanic | 1.03 | 0.78, 1.34 | 1.01 | 0.76, 1.34 | 0.87 | 0.65, 1.16 |
Other | 1.41 | 0.94, 2.11 | 0.85 | 0.60, 1.21 | 0.97 | 0.65, 1.45 |
Education Level (ref: College Graduate or more) | ||||||
≤than High School | 0.59 | 0.46, 0.75 *** | 0.49 | 0.37, 0.66 *** | 0.87 | 0.62, 1.21 |
Some College | 0.70 | 0.56, 0.87 ** | 0.83 | 0.67, 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.77, 1.36 |
Annual household income (USD) (ref: >75,000) | ||||||
Less than 20,000 | 0.68 | 0.45, 1.03 | 0.38 | 0.27, 0.54 *** | 0.35 | 0.21, 0.59 *** |
20,000 to < 35,000 | 0.77 | 0.53, 1.13 | 0.32 | 0.22, 0.45 *** | 0.38 | 0.24, 0.60 *** |
35,000 to < 50,000 | 0.71 | 0.50, 1.01 | 0.54 | 0.38, 0.80 *** | 0.73 | 0.49, 1.10 |
50,000 to < 75,000 | 0.88 | 0.66, 1.16 | 0.65 | 0.50, 0.84 ** | 0.64 | 0.49, 0.85 ** |
US Born (ref: Born in US) | ||||||
No | 1.24 | 0.91, 1.70 | 1.32 | 0.94, 1.83 | 1.81 | 1.25, 2.61 ** |
Smoking Status (ref: Never Smoker) | ||||||
Current | 0.70 | 0.50, 0.99 * | 0.91 | 0.65, 1.29 | 0.71 | 0.46, 1.09 |
Former | 0.81 | 0.65, 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.81, 1.23 | 1.04 | 0.82, 1.31 |
Home Ownership (ref: Own) | ||||||
Rent or occupied without rent | 1.15 | 0.87, 1.51 | 1.31 | 1.03, 1.66 * | 0.79 | 0.60, 1.05 |
Ever diagnosed as having cancer (ref: Yes, history of cancer) | ||||||
No | 0.84 | 0.66, 1.09 | 0.66 | 0.51, 0.86 ** | 0.86 | 0.61, 1.20 |
Any family members ever had cancer (ref: Yes, history of cancer) | ||||||
No | 0.73 | 0.59, 0.90 ** | 0.94 | 0.74, 1.20 | 1.18 | 0.88, 1.58 |
Survey Release (ref: HINTS 4 cycle 3) | ||||||
HINTS 5 cycle 1 | 1.53 | 1.19, 1.98 *** | 1.65 | 1.26, 2.15 *** | 1.40 | 1.05, 1.89 * |
The results were obtained using a multivariable logistic regression model. We present the result using OR (95%CI). * p-value ≤ 0.05, ** p-value ≤ 0.01, and *** p-value ≤ 0.001.