Adjusted Relative Odds of Receipt of Cancer Screening Services: Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHDEAD) Multivariate Models
| Variables | Pap TestFull ModelOR (95% CI)(n = 6,330)* | MammogramFull ModelOR (95% CI)(n = 6,347)* |
|---|---|---|
| Pap = Papanicolaou; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. | ||
| * Number of observations in model – most women contributed 2 observations: 1995 and 2000. A total of 4,543 women answered at least 1 survey question once. | ||
| † Reference categories: year = 1995; age = 70–74.9 years; race = white. | ||
| ‡ Reference categories: education = not completed high school; birth place = born abroad; marital status = not married; income = category 4 (see footnote to Table 1). | ||
| § Reference categories: smoking status = not smoking; exercise = less physical activity; health = excellent–very good–or good; mental status = cognitively normal; subjective life expectation = 0%–33% (see footnote to Table 1). | ||
| || Reference categories: health insurance = no other private insurance; hospitalization in last year = not in hospital last year; physician visits in last year = 0–2 physicians in last year. | ||
| Demographic † | ||
| Year 2000 | 0.91 (0.76–1.09) | 1.11 (0.93–1.33) |
| Age 75–79.9 years | 0.84 (0.74–0.96) | 0.93 (0.81–1.06) |
| Age 80–84.9 years | 0.54 (0.46–0.63) | 0.61 (0.52–0.71) |
| Age 85–89.9 years | 0.41 (0.33–0.51) | 0.46 (0.37–0.56) |
| Black | 1.58 (1.34–1.87) | 1.57 (1.40–1.78) |
| Socioeconomic ‡ | ||
| Completed high school | 1.37 (1.22–1.55) | 1.58 (1.40–1.78) |
| Born in the United States | 0.83 (0.69–1.01) | 0.67 (0.55–0.81) |
| Married | 1.32 (1.17–1.48) | 1.30 (1.15–1.47) |
| Income category 1 | 0.77 (0.65–0.90) | 0.64 (0.54–0.75) |
| Income category 2 | 0.82 (0.70–0.95) | 0.74 (0.63–0.87) |
| Income category 3 | 0.88 (0.76–1.02) | 0.91 (0.78–1.07) |
| Health § | ||
| Smoking | 0.77 (0.64–0.94) | 0.74 (0.61–0.90) |
| Vigorous exercise | 1.36 (1.21–1.53) | 1.32 (1.16–1.49) |
| Poor or fair health | 0.79 (0.70–0.89) | 0.91 (0.80–1.03) |
| Cognitive impairment | 0.97 (0.79–1.18) | 0.73 (0.60–0.88) |
| Subjective life expectation 34%–66% | 1.11 (0.98–1.27) | 1.26 (1.11–1.44) |
| Subjective life expectation 67%–100% | 1.13 (0.99–1.28) | 1.10 (0.97–1.27) |
| Health care || | ||
| Additional private insurance | 1.20 (1.01–1.44) | 1.31 (1.10–1.57) |
| In hospital in last year | 1.00 (0.88–1.14) | 0.97 (0.85–1.10) |
| 3–5 physician visits in the last year | 1.43 (1.24–1.65) | 1.63 (1.41–1.88) |
| 6+ physician visits in the last year | 1.61 (1.39–1.85) | 2.01 (1.74–2.32) |