Table 3. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of predictors of compliance with treatment for women with cervical cancer, Maharashtra, India, October 1999–November 2003.

Characteristics	Total no. cases of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and cancer casesa	Analysis
		Univariateb			Multivariateb
Total	932 (85.3)
No. of people in household
1–2	54 (75.9)	1
3–4	190 (87.4)	2.19 (1.0–4.7);	0.040
≥5	688 (85.5)	1.86 (1.0–3.6);	0.060
Type of house
Thatched	298 (87.6)	1
Tiled	533 (84.1)	0.75 (0.5–1.1);	0.170
Concrete	101 (85.1)	0.81 (0.4–1.6);	0.530
Age group (years)
30–39	453 (85.2)	1
40–49	290 (84.5)	0.95 (0.6–1.5);	0.800
≥50	189 (86.8)	1.14 (0.6–2.0);	0.660
Educational level
None	671 (82.7)	1
Primary school	97 (91.8)	2.33 (1.0–5.3);	0.046		2.15 (0.9–4.9);	0.007
Secondary or higher education	160 (91.9)	2.36 (1.3–4.4);	0.007		2.18 (1.2–4.1);	0.015
Marital status
Married	835 (86.1)	1
Unmarried	94 (77.7)	0.56 (0.3–0.9);	0.023		0.56 (0.3–0.9);	0.021
Parity (no. of pregnancies)c
0–3	323 (89.8)	1
≥4	609 (82.9)	0.55 (0.4–0.8);	0.002		0.60 (0.4–0.9);	0.007
Contraception used
No	187 (82.9)	1
Yes	737 (85.9)	1.26 (0.8–2.0);	0.350
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (grade)
High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions	704 (86.5)	1
Cancer	228 (81.6)	0.69 (0.4–1.1);	0.120
Study arm
Visual inspection with acetic acid	280 (87.9)	1
Cytology	346 (86.4)	0.88 (0.5–1.5);	0.650
Human papillomavirus testing	306 (81.7)	0.62 (0.4–1.0);	0.043

^a Values in parentheses are the percentage of women who had treatment.
^b Values are odds ratio (95% confidence interval); P-value.
^c The total number of pregnancies was re-categorized because only nine women who had never been pregnant were prescribed treatment.