Table 2 OR for no HCT referralb

From: Practice variation in physician referral for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

 

OR a

95%

CI

P value

Age

 60 years vs 30 years

8.29

5.89

11.69

<0.001

Gender

 Female vs male

0.83

0.69

0.99

0.042

Race

 African–American vs Caucasian

2.35

1.93

2.87

<0.001

Insurance:

 No HCT coverage vs HCT coverage

6.95

5.32

9.07

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; HCT=hematopoietic cell transplantation; OR=odds ratio.
  2. aOR represents no HCT referral.
  3. Additional analyses were conducted on the sub-sample of respondents reporting hematologic malignancy patients comprising >25% of their practice. Results were not affected (age: OR 10.5 (95% CI: 6.5–17.1), P<0.0001; gender: OR 0.88 (95% CI: 0.68–1.1), P=0.32; race OR 2.38 (95% CI: 1.78–3.2), P<0.0001; and insurance: OR 6.7 (95% CI: 4.84–9.3), P<0.0001).