. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 15.

Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2021 Jun 23;127(20):3832–3839. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33760

TABLE 3.

Magnitude of the Association of Variables With Nonadherence to Oral 6MP

	Adherence Model
Variable^a	OR	95% CI	P
Age at study (per year increase)	1.09	1.02-1.17	.01
Hispanic^b	3.31	1.48-7.44	.004
Asian^b	2.57	0.93-7.15	.07
African American^b	4.90	1.85-12.99	.001
Absolute neutrophil count	1.39	1.11-1.74	.004
6MP dose intensity^c	11.21	2.75-45.74	.0008
Single parent/single child^d	0.67	0.15-2.99	.6
Single parent/multiple children^d	3.66	1.35-9.92	.01
6MP ingestion pattern^e	0.63	0.33-1.20	.2

Abbreviations: 6MP, mercaptopurine; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

Includes variables retained in the risk prediction model.

Compared with non-Hispanic Whites.

OR per 1-unit increase in the absolute neutrophil count or 6MP dose intensity.

Compared with a nuclear family.

Ingested at the same time of day versus varying time of day.