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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Mar;41(3):360–367. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01119

Exhibit 2:

Odds ratios of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake by Medi-Cal recipients, 2019

Variables Males Females
Base model Risk-adjusted model Base model Risk-adjusted model
Age category, years (ref = 16–24)a
 25–34 2.31**** 2.67**** 1.86**** 2.11****
 35–69 1.02 1.18**** 1.39*** 1.71****
Race and ethnicity (ref = White, non-Hispanic)a
 Hispanic 0.54**** 0.56**** 0.50**** 0.66****
 Black, non-Hispanic 0.79**** 0.72**** 1.93**** 2.87****
 Asian, non-Hispanic 0.62**** 0.63**** 0.66*** 0.72**
BRFSS HIV risk (among adults in California with incomes at or below 138% FPL) b 3.80**** b 6.13****
Constant 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002

SOURCE Authors’ calculations from data in online appendix exhibit A1 (see note 30 in text). NOTES Columns 1 and 3 show a base model for males and females. Columns 2 and 4 include a measure of risk from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in the male and female models; see Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health, 2018 BRFSS survey data and documentation (see note 25 in text). FPL is federal poverty level.

a

Reference value is 1.

b

This variable was not included in the base model.

**

p < 0.05

***

p < 0.01

****

p < 0.001