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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Educ. 2010 Dec;25(4):617–623. doi: 10.1007/s13187-010-0097-7

Table 1.

Results of univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses

Patients’ characteristics Crude OR 95% CI Adjusted ORa 95% CI
Percent knowledge scores
Age (years)
 <50 1.0 1.0
 50–59 1.1 0.5–2.3 0.9 0.2–3.2
 60–69 1.0 0.5–1.9 1.2 0.3–4.1
 ≥70 0.4 0.2–1.0 0.4 0.1–2.0
Education
 College 1.0 1.0
 Elementary 0.1 0.1–0.3b 0.3 0.1–1.6
 High school 0.2 0.1–0.4b 0.3 0.1–0.9b
Annual income
 $≥30,000 1.0 1.0
 <$20,000 0.1 0.0–0.2b 0.3 0.1–1.2
 $20,000–$29,000 0.1 0.1–0.4b 0.3 0.1–1.9
Race/ethnicity
 Caucasian 1.0 1.0
 Hispanic 0.1 0.1–0.2b 0.4 0.1–1.7
 African American 0.2 0.1–0.3b 0.5 0.2–1.3
Marital status
 Single 1.0 1.0
 Married 2.3 1.4–3.9b 1.6 0.6–4.4
Employment status
 Employed 1.0 1.0
 Homemaker/volunteer 0.4 0.2–0.9b 2.0 0.2–16.1
 Retired 0.4 0.2–0.8b 0.8 0.1–4.3
 Unemployed/unable to work 0.5 0.3–1.1 1.4 0.3–7.0
Health insurance
 Private insurance 1.0 1.0
 Medicare/Medicaid 0.1 0.0–0.3b 0.5 0.10–2.9
 Medicaid only 0.0 0.0–0.1b 0.4 0.07–2.4
HRT use
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Former 1.6 0.9–2.9 1.5 0.6–3.7
 Current 6.5 2.7–15.6b 2.0 0.5–7.7
Smoking
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Former 2.0 1.1–3.7b 2.3 0.8–6.8
 Current 0.5 0.2–1.1 0.4 0.1–1.6
Number of mammograms in the past 5 years
 <5 1.0 1.0
 5 or more 1.8 1.1–3.1b 1.4 0.5–3.6
Perceived personal risk of BC
Age (years)
 <50 1.0 1.0
 50–59 0.9 0.5–1.9 0.9 0.4–2.0
 60–69 1.1 0.5–2.1 1.0 0.4–2.1
 ≥70 1.0 0.4–2.2 0.7 0.3–1.8
Education
 College 1.0 1.0
 Elementary 0.4 0.2–0.7b 0.5 0.2–1.2
 High school 0.6 0.3–1.1 0.6 0.3–1.3
Race/ethnicity
 Caucasian 1.0 1.0
 Hispanic 0.5 0.2–0.9b 1.0 0.3–2.5
 African American 1.2 0.7–2.2 1.6 0.8–3.4
Smoking
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Former 2.0 1.1–3.5b 1.7 0.9–3.3
 Current 1.3 0.6–2.6 1.1 0.5–2.5
Knowledge scores (%)
 Less than average 1.0 1.0
 Average or higher 1.7 1.0–2.8b 1.2 0.6–2.4
Family history of BC in FDRs
 No 1.0 1.0
 Yes 2.1 1.1–4.0b 1.8 0.9–3.5

CI confidence intervals, OR odds ratios, HRT hormone replacement therapy, BC breast cancer, FDR first-degree relative

a

Adjusted for all other covariates

b

Statistically significant