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Table 3 Final logistic model showing socioeconomic and demographic predictors of high risk stroke mortality clusters

From: Neighborhood disparities in stroke and myocardial infarction mortality: a GIS and spatial scan statistics approach

Variable

Coefficient

LRT*

p-value

95% Confidence Interval

Constant

-6.036

 

-8.467, -3.605

Geography

 

0.17

 

Rural

Referent

 

-

Suburban

1.299

 

-0.170, 2.769

Urban

1.351

 

-0.340, 3.042

Proportion of Blacks

 

0.02

 

< 0.02

Referent

 

-

> 0.02 - ≤ 0.05

1.179

 

-0.127, 2.486

> 0.05 - ≤ 0.10

1.631

 

-0.095, 3.357

> 0.10

-0.629

 

-2.589, 1.35

Proportion of Pop with < High School education

 

0.02

 

≤ 0.17

Referent

 

-

> 0.17 - ≤ 0.30

2.913

 

0.699, 5.127

> 0.30 - ≤ 0.37

3.022

 

0.740, 5.304

> 0.37

3.898

 

1.527, 6.268

  1. *LRT (Likelihood ratio test) p-value = test of significance of each group of dummy variables (belonging to one categorical variable). Thus, this tests the statistical significance of the variable as a whole (all parameter estimates of the categories of variable in the model).