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Table 6 Adjusted rate ratios (ARR) and [95 % confidence intervals] for appropriate breast cancer screening for women, from multivariable Poisson regression, by age group

From: Breast cancer screening disparities among urban immigrants: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

Variable

Effect

Ages 50–59

Ages 60–69

Ages 50–69

Income quintile

1

0.90 [0.90 - 0.91]

0.92 [0.91 - 0.92]

0.91 [0.91 - 0.91]

 

2

0.94 [0.94 - 0.95

0.96 [0.96 - 0.96]

0.95 [0.95 - 0.96]

 

3

0.97 [0.96 - 0.97]

0.97 [0.97 - 0.98]

0.97 [0.97 - 0.97]

 

4

0.98 [0.98 - 0.99]

0.99 [0.99 - 1.00]

0.99 [0.98 - 0.99]

 

Missing

0.90 [0.86 - 0.93]

0.93 [0.90 - 0.96]

0.91 [0.89 - 0.94]

 

5 (Reference)

   

Rural

Missing

1.13 [1.05 - 1.22]

0.99 [0.91 - 1.07]

1.06 [1.00 - 1.13]

 

Urban

0.99 [0.98 - 1.00]

0.98 [0.97 - 0.99]

0.99 [0.98 - 0.99]

 

Rural (Reference)

   

RUBS

2

1.45 [1.42 - 1.47]

1.51 [1.48 - 1.54]

1.48 [1.46 - 1.50]

 

3

1.68 [1.65 - 1.71]

1.76 [1.73 - 1.79]

1.72 [1.70 - 1.75]

 

4+

1.69 [1.66 - 1.71]

1.75 [1.72 - 1.78]

1.73 [1.71 - 1.75]

 

0-1 (Reference)

   

General physical check-up

Yes

1.66 [1.65 - 1.68]

1.54 [1.53 - 1.55]

1.60 [1.59 - 1.61]

 

No (Reference)

   

Enrollment model

FHG/CCM

0.94 [0.93 - 0.95]

0.93 [0.92 - 0.94]

0.96 [0.95 - 0.96]

 

FHN

1.04 [1.01 - 1.08]

1.02 [0.99 - 1.06]

1.02 [1.00 - 1.05]

 

FHT

1.04 [1.03 - 1.04]

1.03 [1.03 - 1.04]

1.00 [0.99 - 1.01]

 

No Model

0.79 [0.77 - 0.80]

0.79 [0.78 - 0.81]

0.78 [0.77 - 0.79]

 

Other Model

1.03 [1.01 - 1.06]

1.04 [1.02 - 1.06]

0.99 [0.97 - 1.01]

 

FHO (Reference)

   

Physician sex

Male

0.96 [0.95 - 0.96]

0.96 [0.96 - 0.97]

0.97 [0.96 - 0.97]

 

Female (Reference)

   

Physician training

International

0.96 [0.95 - 0.96]

0.95 [0.94 - 0.96]

0.96 [0.95 - 0.97]

 

Missing

0.97 [0.92 - 1.03]

0.94 [0.88 - 1.01]

0.94 [0.88 - 0.99]

 

Domestic (Reference)

   

Group

Established Immigrant

0.99 [0.99 - 1.00]

0.93 [0.92 - 0.93]

0.96 [0.96 - 0.97]

 

New Immigrant

0.91 [0.89 - 0.93]

0.80 [0.78 - 0.82]

0.87 [0.85 - 0.88]

 

Recent Immigrant

0.95 [0.93 - 0.96]

0.83 [0.81 - 0.84]

0.90 [0.89 - 0.91]

 

RR

0.96 [0.95 - 0.97]

0.93 [0.92 - 0.93]

0.94 [0.94 - 0.95]

 

LTR (Reference)

   

GP visits

 

1.00 [1.00 - 1.00]

1.00 [1.00 - 1.00]

1.00 [1.00 - 1.00]