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Table 2 Predictors of colorectal cancer screening

From: Legal-involved veterans are less likely to receive guideline-concordant colorectal cancer screening

Predictor

Adjusted risk difference

(95% CI)b

Adjusted OR (95% CI)c

p-valuec

Legal-involved (ref: non-legal-involved)

−4.78 (−5.34, −4.21)

0.80 (0.78, 0.82)

< 0.001

Age

 45–49

ref

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 50–54

12.98 (12.75, 13.21)

1.82 (1.80, 1.84)

< 0.001

 55–59

24.09 (23.87, 24.31)

3.02 (2.98, 3.05)

< 0.001

 60–64

24.16 (23.94, 24.38)

3.03 (2.99, 3.06)

< 0.001

 65–75

22.30 (22.10, 22.50)

2.78 (2.75, 2.80)

< 0.001

Female (ref: Male)

2.49 (2.32, 2.65)

1.12 (1.11, 1.13)

< 0.001

Race and ethnicity

 American Indian/Alaska Native

−2.97 (−3.52, −2.43)

0.87 (0.85, 0.89)

< 0.001

 Asian/Pacific Islander

0.59 (0.22, 0.96)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

0.002

 Black/African American

2.86 (2.72, 2.99)

1.14 (1.13, 1.15)

< 0.001

 Hispanic

1.02 (0.79, 1.24)

1.05 (1.04, 1.06)

< 0.001

 White

ref

ref

ref

 Unknown

−4.19 (−4.39, −3.99)

0.83 (0.82, 0.83)

< 0.001

Marital status

 Divorced or separated

0.94 (0.81, 1.06)

1.04 (1.04, 1.05)

0.01

 Married

ref

ref

ref

 Single or never married

−0.47 (−0.65, −0.29)

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

< 0.001

 Widowed

−0.33 (−0.67, 0.00)

0.99 (0.97, 1.00)

0.05

 Unknown

−25.13 (−25.33, −24.92)

0.32 (0.32, 0.33)

< 0.001

Rural (ref: Urban)

0.81 (0.70, 0.93)

1.04 (1.03, 1.04)

< 0.001

Housing instability

−9.06 (−9.33, −8.79)

0.66 (0.65, 0.67)

< 0.001

Service-connected disability

 None

ref

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 0–49%

2.49 (2.34, 2.63)

1.12 (1.11, 1.13)

< 0.001

 50–100%

5.64 (5.51, 5.77)

1.30 (1.29, 1.30)

< 0.001

Assigned PCP (ref: none)a

20.66 (20.53, 20.80)

2.49 (2.48, 2.51)

< 0.001

Mental health disorder (ref: none)

3.21 (3.10, 3.33)

1.16 (1.15, 1.17)

< 0.001

Substance use disorder (ref: none)

0.90 (0.74, 1.06)

1.04 (1.03, 1.05)

< 0.001

Multiple medical conditions (ref: 0 or 1)

7.76 (7.57, 7.96)

1.43 (1.42, 1.45)

< 0.001

  1. aPCP  primary care provider
  2. bEstimates of average marginal effects calculated from a multilevel logistic regression model with random intercepts for facility and adjusted for all covariates in the table; confidence intervals from delta method approximation. Estimates are presented as percentage point differences
  3. cEstimates from the adjusted model; confidence intervals and p-values from Wald tests