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. 2023 Oct 10;23:1961. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16866-3

Table 6.

Logistic regression of factors associated with awareness, attitudes, and acceptability towards genetic diseases and genetic interventions

A. Awareness
Variables 95% CI P value
aOR* Lower Upper
Education
 No formal education 1
 Primary 3.8 2.0 6.8 ˂0.01
 Secondary and above 5.9 2.9 12.0 ˂0.01
First ANC trimester
 I 1
 II 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.104
 III 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.042
Any relative (in at least last 3 generations) diagnosed with GD
 Yes 1
 No 0.3 0.2 0.6 ˂0.01
B. Attitudes
Age groups
 16–20 1
 21–30 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.018
 31–40 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.028
 41–49 0.8 0.2 3.7 0.749
Education
 No formal education 1
 Primary 2.2 1.2 4.0 0.006
 Secondary and above 1.2 0.6 2.5 0.636
Religion
 Christian 1
 Muslim 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.019
Have you ever had any birth defects
 Yes 1
 No 0.3 0.1 1.2 0.088
Have you ever had Still birth 1
 Yes 1
 No 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.004
My partner smoke
 Yes 1
 No 4.7 1.6 14.2 0.006
Frequently eat vegetables
 Yes 3.1 1.5 6.3 0.002
 No 1
C. Acceptability/willingness
 Marriage between closed relatives
 Yes 1.9 0.7 5.0 0.202
 No 1
 Exposure of secondary smoke to pregnant woman
 Yes 2.2 0.7 6.5 0.16
 No 1