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