Table 4.

Association of Good Knowledge Level about the Mythical Causes of Breast Cancer and the Studied Subjects’ Characteristics

	Level of Knowledge		Univariate		Multivariate
Characteristics	Good	Fair and poor	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
	(n= 62)	(n= 408)
Age in years
> 50	3	57	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
35-50	10	118	1.60 (0.45-6.07)	0.48	1.64 (0.40 – 6.74)	0.493
18-35	49	233	4.0 (1.20-13.3)	0.02*	2.5 (0.66 – 9.41)	0.18
Nationality
Non-Saudi	8	48	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Saudi	54	366	0.90 (0.40-2.01)	0.8	1.28 (0.52 – 3.144)	0.585
Place of residence
Makkah	38	218	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Madinah	24	190	0.75 (0.42-1.25)	0.24	1.28 (0.52 – 3.14)	0.585
Educational level
Secondary or below	16	116	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
University or higher	46	292	1.15 (0.47-3.53)	0.62	1.06 (0.55 – 2.03)	0.869
Marital status
Married	20	210	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Single	42	198	2.25 (1.26-3.92)	0.01*	1.44 (0.67 – 3.10)	0.343
Occupation
Employed	10	134	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Unemployed	52	274	2.50 (1.25-5.16)	0.01*	1.54 (0.69 – 3.46)	0.294
Knowing someone with breast cancer
No	43	227	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	19	181	0.55 (0.31-0.98)	0.04*	0.70 (0.37 – 1.33)	0.278
Diagnosed with chronic disease
No	53	329	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	9	79	0.70 (0.35-1.50)	0.36	0.87 (0.38 – 1.99)	0.738

*Significant