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Table 2 Bivariate associations between sociodemographic and clinical predictors and willingness to donate biospecimens for future research uses (N = 1889)

From: Secondary consent to biospecimen use in a prostate cancer biorepository

 

N

Yes conditional

N (%)

Yes always

N (%)

χ2

OR (95 % CI)

always (vs. conditional)

p value

Age at diagnosis

1859

     

 Mean (SD)

 

61.0 (7.4)

61.4 (7.2)

−0.75a

0.453

Race

1889

  

54.28

 

<0.001*

 White

 

1523 (90.0)

142 (72.1)

 

1.00 (ref)

 

 Black

 

169 (10.0)

55 (27.9)

 

3.49 (2.46, 4.95)

 

Family history

1694

  

10.53

 

0.001*

 No

 

1004 (66.0)

92 (53.5)

 

1.00 (ref)

 

 Yes

 

518 (34.0)

80 (46.5)

 

1.69 (1.23, 2.32)

 

Marital status

1301

    

0.415b

 Married

 

1049 (86.0)

66 (81.5)

 

1.00 (ref)

 

 Not currently married

 

141 (11.6)

12 (14.8)

 

1.35 (0.71, 2.57)

 

 Never married

 

30 (2.5)

3 (3.7)

 

1.59 (0.47, 5.34)

 

Employment status

1292

    

0.104b

 Employed

 

661 (54.6)

40 (49.4)

 

1.00 (ref)

 

 Retired

 

489 (40.4)

32 (39.5)

 

1.08 (0.67, 1.75)

 

 Unemployed

 

41 (3.4)

6 (7.1)

 

2.42 (0.97, 6.04)

 

 Other

 

20 (1.7)

3 (3.7)

 

2.48 (0.71, 8.70)

 

Smoking

1847

  

0.34

 

0.844

 Never smoked

 

800 (48.4)

98 (50.2)

 

1.00 (ref)

 

 Former smoker

 

660 (39.9)

75 (38.7)

 

0.93 (0.68, 1.28)

 

 Current smoker

 

193 (11.7)

21 (10.8)

 

0.89 (0.54, 1.46)

 

Stage

1841

  

7.78

 

0.005*

 T1c

 

1316 (79.4)

162 (88.0)

 

1.00 (ref)

 

 T2a/T2b/T2c

 

341 (20.6)

22 (12.0)

 

0.52 (0.33, 0.83)

 

Gleason score

1846

  

17.22

 

<0.001*

 2–6

 

1035 (62.5)

89 (47.1)

 

1.00 (ref)

 

 7

 

489 (29.5)

81 (42.9)

 

1.93 (1.40, 2.65)

 

 8+

 

133 (8.0)

19 (10.1)

 

1.66 (0.98, 2.82)

 
  1. * Significant at the α = 0.05 level
  2. at value is calculated for continuous variables
  3. bFisher’s exact test is used for variables with expected cell counts <5