Table 2.

Unadjusted and Covariate-Adjusted Odds Ratios of Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence

VariableUnadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)Covariate-Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Area deprivation index state decile ranking vs most deprived (8-10)
 1-31.22 (1.17-1.28)a1.19 (1.14-1.24)a
 4-71.24 (1.18-1.29)a1.20 (1.14-1.25)a
Age group vs 50-54 years
 55-590.97 (0.95-0.98)a0.97 (0.95-0.99)a
 60-640.98 (0.96-1.00)0.97 (0.95-1.00)
 65+1.02 (0.99-1.05)0.98 (0.95-1.02)
Sex, male vs female0.81 (0.78-0.83)a0.82 (0.79-0.84)a
Insurance type vs commercial
 Medicaid0.88 (0.85-0.91)a0.89 (0.86-0.92)a
 Medicare1.04 (1.02-1.06)a1.02 (1.00-1.04)
 Other0.94 (0.88-1.01)0.95 (0.89-1.01)
 Uninsured/self-pay0.95 (0.92-0.99)a0.97 (0.93-1.01)
Number of comorbidities vs 0
 11.06 (1.04-1.08)a1.05 (1.03-1.07)a
 21.14 (1.11-1.16)a1.12 (1.10-1.15)a
 3+1.17 (1.15-1.20)a1.15 (1.12-1.17)a
Preindex outpatient encounter, yes vs no1.69 (1.64-1.74)a1.63 (1.58-1.67)a
  • aStatistically significant whereby the 95% CI does not contain 1.0. The adjusted model contains area deprivation index, age, sex, insurance, number of comorbidities, pre-index outpatient encounter.