Skip to main content
. 2012 Oct 10;12:182. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-182

Table 2.

Likelihood of confidence in efficacy of DS among DS users according to demographics, lifestyle, and health characteristics

 
Extremely/Very confident
Somewhat confident
Not at all confident
  % (N) OR (<99% CI) % (N) OR (<99% CI) % (N) OR (<99% CI)
Sex
 Female (65)
45.1 (29)
1.00
38.4 (25)
1.00
16.4 (11)
1.00
 Male (422)
43.9 (185)
0.95 (0.35, 2.60)
43.0 (181)
1.21 (0.44, 3.34)
13.1 (55)
0.77 (0.22, 2.72)
Racial background
 Caucasian or white (345)
45.2 (156)
1.00
41.4 (143)
1.00
13.4 (46)
1.00
 African American or black (77)
36.0 (28)
0.68 (0.28, 1.69)
48.9 (37)
1.35 (0.55, 3.31)
15.1 (12)
1.16 (0.36, 3.75)
 Other (64)
47.6 (31)
1.10 (0.41, 2.95)
39.9 (26)
0.94 (0.35, 2.51)
12.5 (8)
0.92 (0.23, 3.72)
Age
 18-24 (152)
42.0 (64)
1.00
41.2 (63)
1.00
16.8 (26)
1.00
 25-29 (116)
39.7 (46)
0.91 (0.39, 2.11)
44.0 (51)
1.13 (0.49, 2.63)
16.1 (19)
0.95 (0.31, 2.93)
 30-39 (149)
51.4 (76)
1.46 (0.62, 3.45)
38.7 (58)
0.90 (0.38, 2.17)
9.9 (15)
0.54 (0.16, 1.80)
 40+ (69)
40.4 (28)
0.91 (0.39, 2.11)
49.8 (34)
1.41 (0.48, 4.17)
9.9 (7)
0.54 (0.14, 2.14)
Education
 < Bachelor degree (352)
43.2 (152)
1.00
40.6 (143)
1.00
16.2 (57)
1.00
 ≥ Bachelor degree (134)
46.5 (62)
1.14 (0.49, 2.68)
47.0 (63)
1.30 (0.55, 3.03)
6.5 (9)
0.36 (0.11, 1.25)
Rank
 Enlisted (393)
43.2 (170)
1.00
40.6 (162)
1.00
16.2 (61)
1.00
 Officer (93)
47.4 (44)
1.18 (0.41, 3.40)
47.5 (44)
1.30 (0.45, 3.72)
5.1 (5)
0.29 (0.07, 1.26)
Tobacco Use
 Current (193)
41.4 (80)
1.00
44.9 (87)
1.00
13.7 (26)
1.00
 Former or never (291)
46.0 (134)
1.20 (0.60, 2.40)
40.5 (118)
0.84 (0.42, 1.67)
13.5 (39)
0.99 (0.40, 2.45)
Overall health
 Fair/Poor (50)
31.8 (16)
1.00
48.5 (24)
1.00
19.7 (10)
1.00
 Excellent/Good (435)
45.7 (199)
1.80 (0.62, 5.29)
41.4 (180)
0.75 (0.27, 2.07)
12.9 (56)
0.60 (0.17, 2.09)
Fitness level
 Fair/Poor (114)
28.7 (33)
1.00
50.5 (57)
1.00
20.8 (24)
1.00
 Excellent/Good (373)
48.8 (182)
2.37 (1.01, 5.57)
39.9 (149)
0.65 (0.30, 1.43)
11.3 (42)
0.48 (0.19, 1.27)
Eating habits
 Fair/Poor (170)
30.4 (52)
1.00
53.5 (91)
1.00
16.1 (27)
1.00
 Excellent/Good (314)
51.8 (163)
2.47 (1.19, 5.11)
36.0 (113)
0.49 (0.24, 0.99)
12.2 (38)
0.73 (0.29, 1.82)
Ever enrolled in AWCP
 Yes (53)
36.0 (19)
1.00
50.6 (27)
1.00
13.4 (7)
1.00
 No (429)
45.3 (194)
1.47 (0.48, 4.49)
41.0 (176)
0.68 (0.23, 2.02)
13.7 (59)
1.03 (0.25, 4.19)
Last APFT score
 < 240 or unsure (138)
35.5 (49)
1.00
42.6 (59)
1.00
21.8 (30)
1.00
 ≥ 240 (346)
47.7 (165)
1.66 (0.78, 3.51)
42.0(145)
0.97 (0.47, 2.02)
10.3 (36)
0.41 (0.17, 1.03)
Adverse event
 No (391)
47.1 (184)
1.00
38.3 (150)
1.00
14.7 (57)
1.00
 Yes (95) 31.7 (30) 0.52 (0.22, 1.22) 59.3 (56) 2.35 (1.03, 5.38) 9.00 (9) 0.57 (0.16, 2.02)