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Table 3 Hazard ratios and risk score points for the final prediction model

From: Development of a multivariable prediction model to identify patients unlikely to complete a colonoscopy following an abnormal FIT test in community clinics

Variable

Hazard Ratio

(95% CI)

Likelihood ratio p-value

Points

Age

  

0.0011

 

 50–54

ref

  

83

 55–59

0.92

(0.74–1.13)

 

76

 60–64

0.76

(0.61–0.96)

 

60

 65–69

0.76

(0.55–1.04)

 

59

 70–75

0.38

(0.22–0.65)

 

0

Race

  

0.0019

 

 Non-White

ref

  

0

 White

1.48

(1.14–1.91)

 

34

Insurance

  

0.5174

 

 Uninsured

ref

  

3

 Medicaid

1.15

(0.90–1.48)

 

15

 Medicare

1.03

(0.77–1.38)

 

5

 Commercial

0.97

(0.67–1.40)

 

0

Census Tract GINI Income Inequality

  

0.4446

 

 0.27–0.38

ref

  

0

 0.38–0.41

1.14

(0.87–1.49)

 

11

 0.41–0.43

1.17

(0.90–1.53)

 

14

 0.43–0.47

1.25

(0.94–1.66)

 

19

 0.47–0.82

1.27

(0.97–1.67)

 

21

Long term anticoagulant use

  

0.0315

 

 No

ref

  

54

 Yes

0.54

(0.29–1.01)

 

0

Flu shot within 1 year of index date

  

0.0001

 

 No

ref

  

0

 Yes

1.59

(1.28–1.98)

 

40

Count of no-show encounters in the year prior to the index date

  

0.0151

 

 0

ref

  

31

 1

1.07

(0.86–1.34)

 

37

 2+

0.7

(0.53–0.92)

 

0

Health Center

  

0.0000

 

 HC 8

ref

  

0

 HC 7

1.45

(0.82–2.58)

 

32

 HC 4

2.59

(1.62–4.14)

 

82

 HC 2

1.65

(1.12–2.44)

 

43

 HC 5

3.01

(2.02–4.49)

 

95

 HC 6

1.33

(0.86–2.06)

 

25

 HC 3

3.18

(2.05–4.92)

 

100