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Table 2 Adjusteda risk ratios (RR) for an optimal interval (≤ 90 days) between the date of an abnormal Pap smear and date of colposcopy in 270 Hispanic women

From: Predictors of timely diagnostic follow-up after an abnormal Pap test among Hispanic women seeking care in El Paso, Texas

Variable

RR

95% confidence interval

P

Demographic and epidemiologic

   

Age ≥ 30 years (vs. age < 30 years)

1.32

1.09–1.61

0.005

Educational level

   

 Less than high school

0.84

0.67–1.04

0.11

 High school graduate

0.68

0.53–0.88

0.004

 Greater than high school

1

(Referent)

–

 More acculturated (vs. less acculturated)

0.82

0.65–1.02

0.08

Place of birth

   

 United States

0.93

0.75–1.15

0.51

 Outside of the United States

1

(Referent)

–

Participant in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (vs. not a participant)

1.03

0.87–1.23

0.74

Smoked ≥ 100 cigarettes in entire life (vs. < 100)

0.86

0.69–1.07

0.19

Clinical and clinico-pathologic

   

High-grade result on Pap smear (vs. other result)

1.13

0.92–1.39

0.25

  1. RRs are from a Poisson regression model with robust variance estimation
  2. aEach RR is adjusted for the remaining variables found in the table