Prostate Cancer Severity Associations with Neighborhood Deprivation

Table 2

Stratified analysis—associations of neighborhood SES characteristics with indicators of prostate cancer severity (GEE) adjusted for age and diagnosis year.

Effect	Tumor aggressiveness		High stage		High Gleason
	Caucasian; OR (95% CI)	African American OR (95% CI)	Caucasian; OR (95% CI)	African American; OR (95% CI)	Caucasian; OR (95% CI)	African American OR (95% CI)
≥ Median % neighborhood poverty	0.98; (0.86, 1.12)	1.08; (0.79, 1.48)	0.92; (0.83, 1.03)	0.97; (0.78, 1.22)	1.05 (0.97, 1.14)	1.39***; (1.15, 1.67)
≥ Median % household income <$30,000	1.06; (0.93, 1.22)	0.98; (0.74, 1.29)	1.01; (0.91, 1.12)	0.99; (0.80, 1.23)	1.08; (0.99, 1.17)	1.26*; (1.05, 1.51)
< Median % high school education	1.12; (0.99, 1.28)	1.14; (0.87, 1.48)	1.01; (0.91, 1.13)	1.02; (0.84, 1.24)	1.07; (0.98, 1.15)	1.34**; (1.13, 1.60)
≥ Median % female head of household with dependent child(ren)	1.03; (0.90, 1.18)	0.97; (0.71, 1.32)	0.94; (0.84, 1.04)	1.00; (0.79, 1.27)	1.07; (0.99, 1.16)	1.18; (0.97, 1.44)
≥ Median % households with no car	1.02; (0.89, 1.16)	0.99; (0.74, 1.33)	0.94; (0.84, 1.04)	0.91; (0.73, 1.14)	1.09*; (1.01, 1.19)	1.46***; (1.20, 1.78)
≥ Median % public assistance	0.96; (0.84, 1.10)	1.02; (0.75, 1.40)	0.89*; (0.80, 0.99)	0.95; (0.76, 1.19)	1.04; (0.96, 1.13)	1.32**; (1.08, 1.62)
Deprivation quartile 2 versus 1	1.04; (0.89, 1.21)	1.84; (0.98, 3.46)	0.98; (0.87, 1.11)	1.28; (0.82, 2.01)	1.05; (0.96, 1.15)	1.32; (0.89, 1.95)
Deprivation quartile 3 versus 1	0.91; (0.76, 1.08)	1.45; (0.81, 2.58)	0.90; (0.78, 1.04)	0.97; (0.65, 1.45)	1.01; (0.90, 1.13)	1.36; (0.96, 1.94)
Deprivation quartile 4 versus 1	1.27*; (1.01, 1.59)	1.62; (0.93, 2.81)	0.98; (0.82, 1.18)	1.13; (0.77, 1.64)	1.34***; (1.19, 1.52)	1.71**; (1.21, 2.40)
Deprivation quartile, P value	𝑃=0.055	𝑃=0.227	𝑃=0.512	𝑃=0.239	𝑃<.001^∗∗∗	𝑃<.001^∗∗∗

^∗<.05, ^∗∗<.01, ^∗∗∗<.001.