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Table 5 Logistic regression results for main effects of neighborhood poverty and primary payer by gender on receipt of colon cancer surgery among patients with non-metastasized disease

From: Effects of being uninsured or underinsured and living in extremely poor neighborhoods on colon cancer care and survival in California: historical cohort analysis, 1996—2011

 

Women

Men

Predictor variables

No.a

OR

(95%CI)

No.a

OR

(95%CI)

Single predictor models

Neighborhood poverty

 < 5% poor

774

1.00

 

713

1.00

 

 5-29% poor

762

0.50*

(0.24, 1.06)

675

0.32

(0.11, 0.90)

 ≥ 30% poor

761

0.38

(0.19, 0.78)

637

0.35*

(0.12, 1.01)

Primary payer

 Uninsured

 94

1.00

 

109

 1.00

 

 Medicaid

 113

9.66

(1.12, 83.68)

 74

 2.49

(0.26, 23.47)

 Medicare

1,135

5.12

(1.85, 14.20)

844

 3.80

(1.06, 13.58)

 Private

 955

3.39

(1.30, 8.88)

998

10.09

(2.62, 38.85)

Full models

Neighborhood poverty

 < 5% poor

774

1.00

 

713

1.00

 

 5-29% poor

762

0.49*

(0.23, 1.03)

675

0.32

(0.11, 0.91)

 ≥ 30% poor

761

0.37

(0.18, 0.77)

637

0.41

(0.14, 1.19)

Primary payer

 Uninsured

 94

1.00

 

109

1.00

 

 Medicaid

113

10.14

(1.17, 87.92)

 74

2.82

(0.30, 26.85)

 Medicare

1,135

4.43

(1.58, 12.47)

844

3.93

(1.08, 14.27)

 Private

 955

2.65*

(0.99, 7.08)

998

9.98

(2.53, 39.33)

  1. Notes. OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval. All effects were age- and stage-adjusted across these categories: 25–59, 60–69, 70–79 and 80 or older; and stage I, stage II and stage III.
  2. * p < .10.