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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2019 May 1;179(5):716–718. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6405

Table.

Characteristics of Medicare Enrollees Aged 55 to 77 Years Who Underwent LDCT Screening for Lung Cancer in 2016 and Had a Shared Decision-Making Visit Regarding LDCT Screening in the Previous 3 Months

Enrollee Characteristic No. of Patients
With LDCT
(n = 19 021)
Patients With SDM in 3
Months Before LDCT, No.
(%) (n = 1719)
OR (95% CI)a
Age, y
 55–59 1760 152 (8.64) 1 [Reference]
 60–64 1912 189 (9.88) 1.21 (0.94–1.54)
 65–69 8229 768 (9.33) 1.16 (0.93–1.43)
 70–74 5616 482 (8.58) 0.99 (0.80–1.24)
 75–77 1504 128 (8.51) 0.99 (0.76–1.30)
Race/Ethnicity
 Black 1203 93 (7.73) 0.76 (0.59–0.97)
 Hispanic 445 33 (7.42) 0.74(0.49–1.11)
 Others 688 51 (7.41) 0.87 (0.63–1.19)
 White 16 685 1542 (9.24) 1 [Reference]
Sex
 Male 9751 928 (9.52) 1 [Reference]
 Female 9270 791 (8.53) 0.88 (0.79–0.98)
Medicaid eligible
 No 15 268 1383 (9.06) 0.93 (0.79–1.08)
 Yes 3753 336 (8.95) 1 [Reference]
Region
 New England 2236 89 (3.98) 1 [Reference]
 Mid-Atlantic 2421 181 (7.48) 1.98 (1.50–2.61)
 South Atlantic 4507 498 (11.05) 2.96 (2.30–3.79)
 East North Central 3118 290 (9.30) 2.25 (1.73–2.93)
 West North Central 1547 156 (10.08) 2.79(2.10–3.71)
 East South Central 1656 158 (9.54) 2.42 (1.81–3.23)
 West South Central 1221 122 (9.99) 2.65 (1.95–3.58)
 Mountain 757 110(14.53) 4.46 (3.27–6.08)
 Pacific 1558 115 (7.38) 1.92 (1.41–2.60)
Percentage of patients in zip code area with high school education
 Q1 (≤83%) 4171 400 (9.59) 1 [Reference]
 Q2 (84%−89%) 4147 402 (9.69) 1.03 (0.88–1.20)
 Q3 (90%−93%) 4189 244(9.74) 1.05 (0.89–1.22)
 Q4 (≥94%) 4181 316(7.56) 0.81 (0.68–0.96)
Comorbidities, No.
 0–1 7376 667 (9.04) 1 [Reference]
 2–3 5861 551 (9.40) 1.04(0.92–1.17)
 ≥4 3451 308 (8.92) 0.98 (0.84–1.13)

Abbreviations: LDCT, low-dose computed tomography; OR, odds ratio; Q, quartile, SDM, shared decision-making.

a

ORs were calculated from a logistic regression analysis including all variables shown in the Table.