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. 2013 Jun;28(6):1610–1621. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft079

Table 2.

Logistic regression of respondent characteristics and attitudes toward compensation for living donation

Characteristic Favor donor health insurance
Favor some form of compensation
Favor direct financial compensation
OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR(95% CI) OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR(95% CI) OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR(95% CI)
Age
 >50 1.16 (0.87–1.54) 1.24 (0.92–1.67) 0.82* (0.62–0.99) 0.83 (0.64–1.08) 0.75* (0.56–0.99) 0.76 (0.57–1.02)
 ≤50 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Sex
 Female 0.71* (0.52–0.97) 0.74 (0.54–1.02) 0.68* (0.50–0.92) 0.76 (0.58–1.01) 0.83 (0.60–1.15) 0.76 (0.54–1.07)
 Male Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Rural location of practice
 Yes 1.12 (0.71–1.75) 1.35 (0.83–2.18) 0.62* (0.41–0.94) 0.80 (0.55–1.17) 0.48** (0.29–0.80) 0.50* (0.29–0.86)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Geographic region
 Latin America 0.69 (0.46–1.04) 0.71 (0.46–1.08) 0.24** (0.15–0.37) 0.18** (0.10–0.33) 0.50** (0.30–0.83) 0.43** (0.25–0.73)
 Eastern Asia 1.01 (0.55–1.86) 1.05 (0.57–1.96) 1.02 (0.60–1.76) 0.87 (0.45–1.67) 1.58 (0.90–2.78) 0.94 (0.48–1.85)
 Australia 0.63 (0.30–1.32) 0.65 (0.30–1.38) 0.74 (0.36–1.52) 0.67 (0.33–1.40) 1.24 (0.57–2.70) 1.17 (0.53–2.56)
 India/Pakistan 6.78** (2.08–22.08) 6.40** (1.81–22.65) 0.99 (0.58–1.74) 0.92 (0.47–1.81) 1.60 (0.90–2.84) 0.93 (0.46–1.89)
 Middle East 1.38 (0.75–2.53) 1.47 (0.79–2.72) 3.07** (1.69–5.59) 2.22 (0.98–5.03) 2.58** (1.55–4.31) 2.38** (1.41–4.04)
 Africa 3.39* (1.32–8.74) 3.54** (1.36–9.21) 1.58 (0.85–2.92) 1.10 (0.52–2.33) 1.41 (0.76–2.62) 1.02 (0.47–2.21)
 Eastern Europe 3.30* (1.15–9.47) 3.46* (1.19–10.01) 0.42* (0.21–0.84) 0.40* (0.19–0.86) 0.94 (0.45–1.99) 0.52 (0.23–1.19)
 Western Europe 1.30 (0.84–2.04) 1.37 (0.86–2.18) 0.45** (0.31–0.66) 0.37** (0.23–0.61) 0.42** (0.25–0.71) 0.24** (0.13–0.46)
 Canada/USA Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Predominant religion of the respondent's country
 Catholic 1.11 (0.80–1.54) 1.04 (0.72–1.51) 0.47** (0.35–0.63) 1.17 (0.72–1.91) 0.86 (0.60–1.24) 0.92 (0.62–1.37)
 Moslem 2.28** (1.31–3.96) 2.11 (0.85–5.27) 2.46** (1.56–3.86) 1.43 (0.70–2.92) 2.24** (1.45–3.46) 1.41 (0.68–2.93)
 Other 1.55* (1.03–2.32) 0.97 (0.57–1.64) 0.91 (0.65–1.27) 0.84 (0.52–1.36) 1.89** (1.31–2.72) 1.72 (.99–2.92)
 Protestant Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Good fit by Hosmer–Lemeshow testing P = 0.63 P = 0.76 P = 0.016

*P < 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01.