Preferences for active and aggressive intervention among patients with advanced cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Correlates of desiring an intervention versus not desiring it: multivariable logistic regression model results for each intervention.

	CPR & MV* N = 380	Chemo- therapy N = 291	Anti-biotics N = 324	Anti-coagulants N = 329	Blood transfusions N = 340	Feeding tubes N = 365	Artificial hydration N = 329
Number (%) desiring intervention	97 (25.5)	111 (38.1)	165 (50.9)	174 (52.9)	152 (44.7)	124 (34)	162 (49.2)
Age
Odds ratio: per 10 yr increase	0.67	0.68	0.72	0.74	0.72	0.72	0.7
P-value	< 0.0001	0.0007	0.0004	0.002	0.0002	0.0004	0.0001
Gender
Odds ratio: Male vs. Female	1.33	1.58	1.37	1.49	1.29	1.81	1.38
P-value	0.324	0.145	0.241	0.138	0.339	0.032	0.237
Race
Odds ratio: Non- vs. Caucasian	1.71	4.16	1.46	1.67	1.19	1.69	1.53
P-value	0.126	0.0004	0.310	0.172	0.613	0.131	0.255
Cancer Diagnosis
Odds ratio: Lung vs. GI	1.25	0.86	0.81	0.99	0.82	1.19	0.73
GU vs. GI	0.62	0.71	1.03	1.26	1.17	0.9	1.13
Breast vs. GI	0.94	0.99	0.92	1.27	1.38	1.13	1.07
Hematologic vs. GI	0.72	0.47	0.45	0.42	0.66	0.4	0.28
GYN vs. GI	1.1	1.55	1.06	0.85	1.05	1.53	1.06
Other vs. GI	0.64	0.6	0.73	0.69	0.79	1.6	0.74
P-value	0.632	0.795	0.878	0.627	0.882	0.510	0.494
PPSv2
Odds ratio: per 10 unit increase	1.32	1.97	1.45	1.55	1.34	1.43	1.47
P-value	0.021	< 0.0001	0.001	0.0001	0.007	0.002	0.0007
CCI
Odds ratio: per unit increase	1.09	1.17	1.08	1.05	1.09	1.13	1.08
P-value	0.113	0.016	0.153	0.294	0.077	0.016	0.128
Decision maker
Odds ratio:
Pat/SDM vs.Pat	1.89	3.65	1.48	1.84	1.65	2.92	1.87
SDM vs. Pat	1.7	4.24	2.34	2.98	1.84	2.76	2.84
P-value	0.212	0.003	0.134	0.031	0.239	0.007	0.040
Model P-value	0.0001	< 0.0001	0.0001	< 0.0001	0.002	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

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