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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thromb Haemost. 2011 Jan;9(1):100–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04105.x

Table 4.

Results of logistic regression analyses of questions with statistically significant differences in responses by one or more demographic characteristics

Symptom Demographic variable, if significant Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval for Odds Ratio p Nagelkerke R2
Epistaxis Age* 0.97 0.96 – 0.99 <0.01 0.08
African-American race 0.55 0.34 – 0.90 0.02
Easy bruising Female sex 4.78 2.50 – 9.16 <0.01 0.13
Infrequent aspirin use§ 4.18 1.39–12.58 0.01
Venipuncture bruising Female Sex 3.04 1.22–7.59 0.02 0.07
Heavy Menses Infrequent aspirin use§ 3.03 1.25–7.32 0.01 0.08
Dark stools Age* 1.02 1.00–1.04 0.02 0.06
Ophthalmic bleeding African-American race 0.29 0.11–0.75 0.01 0.08
*

Odds ratio per additional year of age

Odds ratio versus Caucasian race

Odds ratio versus male sex

§

Defined as aspirin use less than once per week; odds ratio versus aspirin use more than once per week