Prostate Cancer Patients’ Refusal of Cancer-Directed Surgery: A Statewide Analysis

Table 3

Adjusted odds ratio estimates and Wald confidence intervals for early-stage patients.

Effect	Odds ratio estimates	95% confidence limits		value
Age	1.007	0.996	1.018	0.205
Black versus White	2.103	1.352	3.273	0.001
Other races versus White	1.347	0.781	2.323	0.284
No insurance versus Private insurance	0.390	0.156	0.977	0.045
Medicaid versus Private insurance	3.801	1.619	8.921	0.002
Medicare versus Private insurance	2.248	1.661	3.043	<0.0001
Other methods versus Private insurance	0.946	0.697	1.283	0.719
Married versus single	0.721	0.584	0.892	0.003
Unknown versus single	0.799	0.512	1.246	0.323