All, n = 121 | White, n = 45 | African American, n = 76 | |||||||
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OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
Age, per 1-yr increase | 1.05 | 1.00–1.09 | 0.03 | 1.17 | 1.06–1.28 | 0.001 | 1.02 | 0.96–1.08 | 0.50 |
Difficult wordsa, per 1-unit increase | 2.47 | 1.23–4.96 | 0.01 | 1.56 | 0.47–5.23 | 0.47 | 2.72 | 1.03–7.12 | 0.042 |
Hypertension | 2.96 | 1.17–7.51 | 0.02 | – | – | – | 0.94 | 0.28–3.12 | 0.92 |
Values in bold are statistically significant.
↵aSubdomains of hurried communication, as reflected by responses to the question, “How often did doctors use words that were hard to understand?” Score ranges from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating perceiving providers use more difficult words. SDI: Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Damage Index; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus.