Table 2

Multivariate analysis of the effect of age, income, and region on receiving Papanicolaou screening and follow-up of low-grade lesions or unsatisfactory results

VARIABLE	PAP TEST		FOLLOW-UP AFTER A LOW-GRADE LESION ON PAP TEST		FOLLOW-UP AFTER AN UNSATISFACTORY PAP TEST RESULT
VARIABLE	OR (95% CI)	PVALUE	OR (95% CI)	PVALUE	OR (95% CI)	PVALUE
Age, y		< .001		< .001		< .001
• < 25	1.00		1.00		1.00
• 25–44	1.52 (1.51–1.53)		1.19 (1.14–1.24)		1.28 (0.98–1.67)
• 45–70	1.02 (1.02–1.03)		1.13 (1.07–1.19)		0.77 (0.59–0.99)
Income quintile		< .001		< .001		.118
• 1 (lowest)	0.56 (0.55–0.56)		0.85 (0.80–0.90)		0.99 (0.77–1.27)
• 2	0.67 (0.67–0.67)		0.88 (0.83–0.94)		0.82 (0.64–1.05)
• 3	0.77 (0.77–0.78)		0.94 (0.89–1.00)		0.93 (0.74–1.16)
• 4	0.89 (0.88–0.90)		0.97 (0.92–1.03)		0.77 (0.62–0.96)
• 5 (highest)	1.00		1.00		1.00
LHIN		< .001		< .001		.295
• Erie St Clair	1.00		1.00		1.00
• South West	1.17 (1.16–1.19)		0.57 (0.52–0.63)		1.21 (0.74–1.98)
• Waterloo Wellington	1.25 (1.24–1.27)		0.60 (0.54–0.66)		1.12 (0.66–1.88)
• Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant	1.12 (1.11–1.13)		0.61 (0.56–0.67)		1.15 (0.73–1.81)
• Central West	1.04 (1.03–1.05)		0.60 (0.54–0.67)		0.70 (0.40–1.24)
• Mississauga Halton	1.12 (1.10–1.13)		0.74 (0.67–0.82)		1.16 (0.71–1.90)
• Toronto Central	1.15 (1.14–1.17)		0.95 (0.87–1.05)		1.43 (0.89–2.31)
• Central	1.20 (1.19–1.21)		0.87 (0.79–0.95)		1.20 (0.76–1.89)
• Central East	1.22 (1.21–1.24)		0.74 (0.68–0.81)		1.01 (0.63–1.62)
• South East	1.31 (1.29–1.33)		0.42 (0.37–0.47)		1.01 (0.59–1.73)
• Champlain	1.38 (1.36–1.40)		0.78 (0.71–0.85)		1.08 (0.68–1.72)
• North Simcoe Muskoka	1.13 (1.11–1.15)		0.78 (0.69–0.89)		1.51 (0.88–2.57)
• North East	1.10 (1.08–1.11)		0.57 (0.51–0.63)		1.40 (0.83–2.35)
• North West	1.07 (1.05–1.09)		0.75 (0.66–0.86)		1.19 (0.66–2.16)

LHIN—Local Health Integration Network, OR—odds ratio.