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Table 2 Predictors of geographic (rural–urban) residence among respondents

From: Rural-urban differences in the clinico-pathologic profiles of Jamaican men with prostate cancer

Variable

B

S.E.

p-value

Odds Ratios (95 % C.I.)

PSA level

.000

.001

.362

1.00(1.00-1.01)

DRE tumour stage categorya (locally-advanced/organ-confined )

.528

.254

..038

1.70(1.03-2.79)

AGE

    

<50 (reference category)

    

50-59

-.085

1.051

.936

0.92(0.12-7.21)

60-69

.082

1.035

.937

1.09(0.14-8.23)

70-79

.491

1.031

.634

1.63(0.22-12.23)

80-89

.721

1.075

.502

2.05(0.35-16.9)

Gleason Score Category

    

 Low (reference category)

    

   Intermediate

.251

.269

.350

1.29(0.76-2.18)

   High

.521

.335

.120

1.68(0.87-3.25)

  1. First category is the reference category for categorical covariates
  2. All reference categories were coded as ‘0’
  3. aindicates statistically significant predictors in logistic regression model with these variables
  4. Dependent variable coded as Rural = 1, Urban = 0 (reference)