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Table 3 Impact of individual socioeconomic determinants and comorbidities on incidental lung nodule size

From: Assessing the impact of socioeconomic status on incidental lung nodules at an urban safety net hospital

 

Nodule < 6 mm

 

Nodule 6–8 mm

 

Nodule > 8 mm

 

Variable

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

p value

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

p value

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

p value

Demographics

 Age

0.985

0.918, 1.014

0.073

0.987

0.92, 1.023

0.278

1.024

1.007, 1.107

0.027

 Male

0.569

0.076, 1.099

0.056

1.965

1.089, 20.65

0.038

0.965

0.266, 3.192

0.898

 Nonwhite race

0.668

0.062, 2.523

0.327

0.899

0.099, 6.209

0.817

1.627

0.469, 20.05

0.242

SES Determinants

 Undocumented

1.185

0.843, 20.61

0.771

0.795

0.028, 12.62

0.735

1.026

0.095, 11.89

0.962

 Noncommercial Insurance

0.437

0.035, 0.637

0.01

1.03

0.208. 5.495

0.935

2.181

1.544, 2.818

0.016

Comorbidities

 Tobacco Use

0.971

0.196, 4.446

0.932

1.129

0.221, 7.907

0.76

0.95

0.204, 3.873

0.875

 Diabetes

1.113

0.274, 5.998

0.754

0.962

0.159, 5.248

0.92

0.94

0.21, 3.59

0.845

 Hypertension

1.32

0.365, 9.863

0.447

0.667

0.066, 2.344

0.306

1.051

0.244, 5.14

0.884

 Asthma

0.952

0.208, 3.828

0.878

1.3

0.372, 9.016

0.457

0.867

0.185, 2.805

0.635

 COPD

1.107

0.288, 5.534

0.756

0.902

0.153, 4.055

0.776

0.981

0.246, 3.724

0.95

 HIV

1.474

0.179, 33.34

0.503

0.546

0.007, 9.099

0.448

1.004

0.078, 13.12

0.994