Undiagnosed Diabetes in Breast, Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancer: Incidence and Risk Factors
Table 5
Multivariate analyses of undiagnosed diabetes (each measure of health system contact in a separate model)*.
Type of cancer
Breast
Colorectal
Lung
Prostate
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
Lower
Upper
Lower
Upper
Lower
Upper
Lower
Upper
NCI comorbidity index
0
Reference category
1
0.88
0.67
1.14
0.77
0.64
0.92
0.82
0.71
0.96
0.61
0.46
0.80
≥2
1.02
0.73
1.43
0.88
0.71
1.09
0.75
0.63
0.90
0.74
0.53
1.05
Preventive services
0
Reference category
1
0.52
0.41
0.67
0.65
0.56
0.77
0.89
0.76
1.05
0.59
0.47
0.75
≥2
0.24
0.18
0.30
0.46
0.39
0.54
0.68
0.58
0.79
0.31
0.24
0.39
Types of physician visits
None
Reference category
Primary care and medical specialist
0.21
0.16
0.28
0.40
0.33
0.49
0.48
0.40
0.58
0.25
0.19
0.33
Primary care, no medical specialist
0.30
0.21
0.41
0.47
0.38
0.58
0.61
0.50
0.76
0.49
0.36
0.68
Medical specialist, no primary care
0.55
0.39
0.78
0.64
0.51
0.79
0.70
0.56
0.87
0.50
0.38
0.68
Other specialist only
0.83
0.52
1.33
0.75
0.52
1.09
0.91
0.64
1.30
0.73
0.44
1.22
Multivariate models also included age, gender (colorectal and lung cancer only), race/ethnicity, year of diagnosis, education, percent in census tract with some college, percent in census tract living in poverty, and type of geographic area. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
