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Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Jul 22;32(9):107265. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107265

Table 4: Factors associated with participants wish to know about the chance of developing a stroke.

Socio-demographic characteristics Crude OR (95% CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value
Age (mean ± SD) years 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) <0.01 0.97 (0.95, 0.98) 0.057
Sex
Male (ref)
Female 0.42 (0.23, 0.77) 0.005 0.65 (0.33, 1.28) 0.211
Educational status
None (ref)
Primary 1.15 (0.42, 3.23) 0.778 0.93 (0.28, 2.95) 0.881
Secondary 1.84 (0.76, 4.48) 0.205 0.97 (0.33, 2.80) 0.728
Tertiary or higher 5.68 (2.19, 14.69) <0.01 1.35 (0.34, 5.37) 0.672
Occupation
Skilled professional (ref)
Skilled 0.72 (0.21, 2.50) 0.620 0.81 (0.22, 2.95) 0.805
Semi-skilled 0.53 (0.15, 1.85) 0.319 1.27 (0.27, 5.89) 0.634
Manual worker 0.08 (0.03, 0.25) <0.01 0.22 (0.05, 0.97) 0.046
Retired 0.39 (0.09, 1.57) 0.186 1.49 (0.30, 7.53) 0.312
Unemployed 1.06 (0.25, 4.42) 0.935 1.76 (0.35, 8.74) 0.490
Religion
Christian (ref)
Islam 0.98 (0.55, 1.72) 0.953
Ethnicity
Yoruba (ref)
Igbo 5.61 (0.74, 43.86) 0.096 3.26 (0.36, 29.21) 0.290
Hausa 28.88 (3.93, 212.51) 0.001 16.25 (2.10, 125.23) 0.007
Others 2.24 (1.00, 4.98) 0.049 0.85 (0.33, 2.21) 0.738
Family history of stroke; Yes 1.21 (0.57, 2.61) 0.614