Table 4 Association between demographic and socioeconomic variables and prescription treatment of osteoporosis/osteopenia
From: Factors associated with treatment of women with osteoporosis or osteopenia from a national survey
95% Confidence Interval | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Odds Ratio | Low | High | P value | |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
White | Reference | |||
African American | 1.34 | 0.88 | 2.05 | .17 |
Hispanic | 0.92 | 0.57 | 1.47 | .73 |
Other | 0.82 | 0.53 | 1.25 | .35 |
Graduated college | 1.09 | 0.92 | 1.31 | .32 |
Employed | 0.88 | 0.73 | 1.07 | .21 |
Prescription coverage | 1.49 | 1.22 | 1.82 | < .001 |
Income ($25,000 unit) | 1.08 | 1.01 | 1.15 | .04 |
Out-of-pocket spending on prescriptions as a proportion of income | 2.42 | 1.21 | 4.84 | .01 |
Cost cutting actions | 0.95 | 0.77 | 1.16 | .60 |
Ask for generic | 1.06 | 0.90 | 1.24 | .48 |
Children in home | 0.92 | 0.81 | 1.05 | .21 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | reference | reference | reference | |
Single | 1.49 | 1.02 | 2.20 | .04 |
Divorced/separated | 1.11 | 0.91 | 1.36 | .31 |
Widowed | 1.20 | 0.97 | 1.50 | .10 |