Research Article
Prostate Cancer Patients’ Refusal of Cancer-Directed Surgery: A Statewide Analysis
Table 2
Adjusted odds ratio estimates and Wald confidence intervals for patients of early and late stages.
| Effect | Odds ratio estimates | 95% confidence limits | value |
| Age | 1.006 | 0.996 | 1.017 | 0.234 | Black versus White | 2.052 | 1.334 | 3.158 | 0.001 | Other races versus White | 1.286 | 0.747 | 2.212 | 0.364 | Regional versus in situ/localized | 0.143 | 0.087 | 0.236 |
<0.0001 | Distant versus in situ/localized | 0.604 | 0.350 | 1.043 | 0.07 | No insurance versus Private insurance | 0.376 | 0.151 | 0.940 | 0.036 | Medicaid versus Private insurance | 3.497 | 1.506 | 8.121 | 0.004 | Medicare versus Private insurance | 2.319 | 1.725 | 3.118 | <0.0001 | Other methods versus Private insurance | 0.958 | 0.711 | 1.292 | 0.779 | Married versus single | 0.735 | 0.598 | 0.904 | 0.004 | Unknown versus single | 0.856 | 0.557 | 1.316 | 0.479 |
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