Table 3. Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with colonoscopy cancellations.
| Characteristics | Univariate unadjusted | Multivariate adjusted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio | P value | Odds ratio | P value | ||
| Education level | |||||
| Illiterate | Ref | N/A | Ref | N/A | |
| High school | 1.15 | 0.46 | 1.09 | 0.68 | |
| College | 1.13 | 0.56 | 1.01 | 0.96 | |
| Grad school | 1.95 | 0.03 | 1.93 | 0.04 | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| African American | Ref | N/A | Ref | N/A | |
| Caucasian | 0.7 | 0.12 | 0.75 | 0.2 | |
| Asian | 0.49 | 0.12 | 0.42 | 0.06 | |
| Hispanic | 0.47 | <0.01 | 0.47 | <0.01 | |
| Other ethnicity | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
| Dementia | 0.44 | 0.18 | |||
| Cancer | 1.28 | 0.16 | |||
| Constipation | 1.44 | 0.02 | 1.29 | 0.13 | |
| Iron supplement | 1.49 | 0.02 | 1.26 | 0.19 | |
| Hemoglobin <10 | 1.64 | <0.01 | 1.41 | 0.05 | |
| Indication for colonoscopy | |||||
| Bleeding/iron deficiency anemia | Ref | N/A | Ref | N/A | |
| Malignancy evaluations | 0.73 | 0.35 | 0.84 | 0.61 | |
| Constipation/diarrhea/pain | 0.89 | 0.64 | 1.14 | 0.62 | |
| Other indications | 0.43 | <0.01 | 0.53 | 0.04 | |