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Table 2 Single variable analysis and confounder adjusted analysis (Decision-making)

From: Healthcare decision-making in end stage renal disease-patient preferences and clinical correlates

Single Variable Analysis (API-DM)

Confounder Adjusted Analysis (API-DM)

Variable of interest

EMM*

(95 % CI)

p-value

Confounders

Regression Coefficient (95 % CI)

p-value

Age (per year)**

71.60-0.37 (−0.48, −0.26)

<0.001

Ethnicity, Caregiver, Marital status, Education session, Psych service use, API-IS, group

−0.33 (−0.48, −0.19)

<0.001

Education

High school

49.88 (47.96, 51.80)

0.29

Age, ethnicity, psych service use, diabetes, education session

−2.31(−6.12, 1.50)

0.23

Post high school

51.91 (48.64, 55.19)

Gender

Male

49.49 (47.44, 51.53)

0.092

CCI

−2.03 (−5.47, 1.41)

0.25

Female

52.45 (49.67, 55.24)

Employment

Retired

46.05 (43.69, 48.42)

<0.001

Ethnicity, caregiver, marital status, psych service use, CCI, education session, TMT A

−2.61 (−7.65, 2.42)

7.97 (2.63, 13.30)

0.04 (−7.47, 7.55)

0.001

Unemployed

57.13 (53.94, 60.32)

Self employed

50.00 (44.25, 55.75)

Salaried

56.63 (49.08, 56.18)

Employed

51.90 (48.79, 55.02)

Ethnicity

White

50.90 (49.16, 52.64)

0.13

Age, employment

8.22 (2.86, 13.59)

0.003

Non-white

46.65 (41.50, 51.80)

BMI

<25

49.89 (47.08, 52.71)

0.74

Age, gender

−2.58 (−6.42, 1.26)

−0.06 (−4.05, 3.93)

0.33

25-29.99

50.12 (47.14, 53.09)

≥30

51.37 (48.52, 54.23)

Smoking Status

Never smoked

51.19 (48.97, 53.40)

0.65

Age, gender, employment

1.98 (−2.81, 6.76)

2.50 (−2.78, 7.79)

0.64

Ex-smoker

49.39 (46.30, 52.48)

Current

50.33 (45.90, 54.77)

Caregiver

Spouse or partner

50.31 (48.07, 52.54)

0.12

Employment, psych service use, CCI, group

3.56 (−0.44, 7.55)

−2.08 (−9.89, 5.72)

1.66 (−5.55, 8.88)

3.28 (−5.15, 11.71)

0.33

Child

46.56 (39.26, 53.86)

Parent

57.35 (51.35, 63.36)

Friend, Relative

Sibling, Carer

53.47 (45.22, 61.72)

Alone

49.05 (45.82, 52.27)

Marital Status

Married or partner

51.22 (49.12, 53.31)

0.006

Age, employment, psych service use,

TMT A, group

7.88 (1.51, 14.25)

3.95 (−3.40, 11.31)

4.29 (−3.95, 12.53)

0.041

Single

51.86 (48.44, 55.28)

Divorced or separated

51.28 (45.73, 56.84)

Widowed

40.36 (34.49, 46.22)

Psych service use

Not used

49.75 (47.96, 51.54)

0.088

Age, employment, caregiver, marital status, diabetes,

TMT A, group

0.56 (−5.13, 6.24)

0.85

Used

54.25 (49.40, 59.09)

Diabetes

No

51.63 (49.70, 53.55)

0.021

Age, employment, psych service use

2.75 (−0.95, 6.46)

0.14

Yes

47.21 (43.99, 50.43)

Heart Failure

No

50.91 (49.23, 52.60)

0.042

Age

5.61 (−1.76, 12.99)

0.14

Yes

42.99 (35.54, 50.44)

IHD

No

51.51 (49.64, 53.39)

0.032

Age, gender, employment, diabetes, TMT A

−0.50 (−4.68, 3.68)

0.81

Yes

47.24 (43.81, 50.66)

Stroke

No

50.79 (49.07, 52.51)

0.28

Age, IHD, education session

−0.05 (−6.13, 6.04)

0.99

Yes

47.38 (41.46, 53.31)

Solid Organ Malignancy

No

50.26 (48.51, 52.01)

0.36

Age, employment, caregiver, psych service use, diabetes, group

−2.71 (−8.09, 2.67)

0.32

Yes

52.78 (47.72, 57.84)

Charlson Comorbidity Index (per unit)**

60.67

−2.26 (−3.07, −1.44)

<0.001

Gender, ethnicity, caregiver, marital status, psych service use, education session

−1.87 (−2.79, −0.96)

<0.001

BDI in 6 categories

(per category) –

low score to high score**

49.20

0.60 (−0.43, 1.63)

0.25

Age, employment, diabetes, API IS

−0.28 (−1.33, 0.77)

0.61

Anxiety State in 4 categories

(per category) –

low score to high score**

49.56

0.47 (−1.14, 2.08)

0.56

Age, employment, ethnicity, marital status

−0.35 (−1.92, 1.22)

0.66

Anxiety Trait in 4 categories

(per category) –

low score to high score**

48.55

0.82 (−0.75, 2.38)

0.31

Employment,

ethnicity, marital status,

CCI, API IS

−0.60 (−2.18, 0.98)

0.46

3MS in 5 categories

(per category) –

high score to low score**

51.64

−0.63 (−2.49, 1.22)

0.50

Age, employment, diabetes, IHD, TMT A

0.98 (−1.03, 2.99)

0.31

Options education session

No

51.29 (49.40, 53.18)

0.11

Age, employment, group

0.11 (−3.73, 3.96)

0.95

Yes

48.13 (44.77, 51.48)

Predialysis education experience

Very poor/

Not useful/ Inadequate

52.53 (46.56, 58.49)

0.18

Employment, caregiver, marital status, psych service use, education session, group

1.95 (−4.91, 8.80)

1.58 (−2.30, 5.45)

0.69

Good

50.72 (48.03, 53.40)

Excellent

47.62 (44.79, 50.45)

TMT A (per unit)**

54.21

−0.07 (−0.13, −0.01)

0.018

Age, marital status, psych service use, diabetes, IHD

−0.01 (−0.07, 0.05)

0.78

TMT B (per unit)**∆

54.08

−0.02 (−0.06, 0.01)

0.22

Age, ethnicity, marital status, psych service use, diabetes,

IHD, TMT A

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API IS

Per percentage increase

26.56

0.30 (0.15, 0.44)

<0.001

Age, group

0.19 (0.04, 0.33)

0.010

Group

Predialysis

Hospital

Self-care

45.88(43.32, 48.44)

51.96 (49.43, 54.48)

56.81 (53.20, 60.41)

<0.001

Age, caregiver, marital status, psych service use, diabetes, education session, TMT A, API IS

−7.09 (−12.09, −2.09)

−1.76 (−6.82, 3.29)

0.006

  1. *Estimated Marginal Mean
  2. **The results for these continuous variables are presented as the intercept, the parameter estimate and the 95 % CI of the parameter estimate
  3. ∆ Analysis not reported as >25 % missing values in the dataset