Table 3.

Multivariable Logistic Regression Models Predicting Agreement with Negatively Framed Cancer Beliefs

	A diagnosis of cancer is a death sentence			I would not want to know if I have cancer			Most cancer treatment is worse than the cancer itself
	(N=1410)			(N=1397)			(N=1411)
	n (%)	aOR	99% CI	n (%)	aOR	99% CI	n (%)	aOR	99% CI
Total sample	334 (26.7)			255 (23.3)			772 (59.6)
Gender
Men	120 (28.6)	1.00	—	95 (26.1)	1.00	—	241 (56.3)	1.00	—
Women	214 (25.0)	0.75	0.45-1.25	160 (20.9)	0.64	0.37-1.10	531 (62.4)	1.14	0.75-1.74
Age group
50-64y	177 (27.6)	1.00	—	129 (22.7)	1.00	—	397 (62.2)	1.00	—
65-99y	156 (25.4)	1.27	0.78-2.06	125 (24.0)	0.89	0.52-1.53	373 (56.2)	1.38	0.92-2.06
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	149 (25.0)	1.00	—	114 (19.7)	1.00	—	368 (57.0)	1.00	—
Single/divorced/widowed	178 (28.7)	1.21	0.75-1.97	137 (28.9)	1.37	0.79-2.36	393 (63.5)	1.22	0.81-1.85
Race
White	280 (27.0)	1.00	—	191 (20.7)	1.00	—	628 (58.3)	1.00	—
Non-White	47 (25.4)	0.89	0.44-1.78	56 (33.3)	1.87	0.95-3.68	127 (63.7)	1.15	0.64-2.07
Education
Bachelor’s or above	123 (17.4)	1.00	—	79 (15.7)	1.00	—	319 (45.2)	1.00	—
Some college	117 (25.8)	1.72	1.03-2.87	81 (17.1)	1.20	0.63-2.28	266 (61.4)	1.79	1.18-2.71
High school or lower	94 (33.2)	2.51	1.45-4.37	95 (31.6)	2.88	1.54-5.36	187 (68.2)	2.43	1.50-3.94
Self-rated health
Good	223 (24.4)	1.00	—	173 (21.1)	1.00	—	560 (57.2)	1.00	—
Fair/poor	110 (32.3)	1.43	0.85-2.41	82 (28.8)	1.26	0.71-2.26	209 (65.5)	1.23	0.77-1.97
Cancer experience
None	53 (22.3)	1.00	—	67 (40.4)	1.00	—	129 (59.3)	1.00	—
Self/close other	278 (27.6)	1.48	0.76-2.88	185 (19.8)	0.42	0.14-0.72	637 (59.5)	1.04	0.59-1.86

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.