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

Table 3.

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

Characteristic Favor financial rewards to living-unrelated donors
Favor financial rewards to living related donors
Favor financial rewards to families of deceased donors
OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR(95% CI) OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR(95% CI) OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR(95% CI)
Age
 >50 0.69** (0.53–0.91) 0.71* (0.53–0.94) 0.81 (0.60–1.089) 0.81 (0.60–1.10) 0.74* (0.56–0.97) 0.71* (0.53–0.96)
 ≤50 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Sex
 Female 0.82 (0.61–1.11) 0.79 (0.57–1.09) 0.85 (0.61–1.18) 0.82 (0.58–1.17) 0.71* (0.52–0.98) 0.71* (0.51–0.98)
 Male Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Transplant nephrologist
 Yes 1.29 (0.99–1.67) 1.11 (0.84–1.48) 1.40* (1.05–1.87) 1.30 (0.98–1.93) 1.46** (1.16–2.00) 1.32 (0.98–1.82)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Rural location of practice
 Yes 0.48** (0.30–0.78) 0.46** (0.28–0.76) 0.78 (0.48–1.26) 0.69 (0.42–1.15) 0.53** (0.32–0.86) 0.44** (0.26–0.75)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Geographic region
 Latin America 0.45** (0.28–0.74) 0.35** (0.18–0.70) 0.33** (0.18–0.60) 0.23** (0.11–0.50) 0.42** (0.25–0.71) 0.63 (0.29–1.33)
 Eastern Asia 1.59 (0.92–2.76) 1.36 (0.70–2.63) 1.33 (0.74–2.39) 1.24 (0.61–2.50) 1.76* (1.02–3.06) 1.74 (0.89–3.44)
 Australia 0.74 (0.33–1.69) 0.67 (0.29–1.55) 1.13 (0.51–2.50) 1.04 (0.46–2.35) 0.46 (0.17–1.21) 0.36* (0.14–0.97)
 India/Pakistan 2.94** (1.69–5.13) 2.26* (1.13–4.53) 1.44 (0.80–2.59) 1.18 (0.56–2.48) 3.26** (1.87–5.69) 2.43* (1.20–4.92)
 Middle East 4.03** (2.40–6.76) 4.23** (1.95–9.20) 1.50 (0.89–2.53) 1.68 (0.75–3.80) 2.40** (1.46–3.97) 2.24* (1.04–4.83)
 Africa 1.64 (0.91–2.93) 1.58 (0.76–3.27) 0.79 (0.39–1.59) 0.80 (0.35–1.84) 1.10 (0.59–2.04) 0.98 (0.46–2.11)
 Eastern Europe 0.70 (0.33–1.46) 0.53 (0.24–1.20) 0.58 (0.25–1.33) 0.49 (0.19–1.22) 0.67 (0.31–1.45) 0.64 (0.27–1.51)
 Western Europe 0.32** (0.19–0.55) 0.26** (0.14–0.49) 0.36** (0.21–0.63) 0.23** (0.14–0.53) 0.25** (0.14–0.45) 0.27** (0.14–0.55)
 Canada/USA Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Predominant religion of the respondent's country
 Catholic 0.62** (0.44–0.88) 1.13 (0.65–1.96) 0.57** (0.39–0.84) 1.31 (0.73–2.33) 0.44** (0.30–0.65) 0.52* (0.28–0.96)
 Moslem 2.58** (1.70–3.90) 0.78 (0.38–1.58) 1.19 (0.75–1.89) 0.72 (0.33–1.58) 1.97** (1.29–3.00) 0.78 (0.38–1.61)
 Other 1.91** (1.35–2.71) 1.15 (0.70–1.89) 1.23 (0.85–1.80) 1.00 (0.58–1.71) 1.81** (1.27–2.57) 0.94 (0.56–1.57)
 Protestant Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Good fit by Hosmer–Lemeshow testing P = 0.81 P = 0.64 P = 0.80

*P < 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01.