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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jan 11;170(1):10.1001/archinternmed.2009.454. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.454

Table 4.

Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) Model for Attendance to and Correct Interpretation of Prescription Drug Warning Labels.

Variable Attendance to Warning Correct Interpretation of Warning

AOR 95% CI P value AOR 95% CI P value
Label Order
 First 1.00
 Second 0.79 0.70 - 0.90 <0.001
 Third 0.70 0.62 - 0.79 <0.001
Label Type
 Standard 1.00
 Simplified text 1.17 1.02 - 1.36 0.03 2.64 2.00 - 3.49 <0.001
 Simplified text + icon 1.59 1.38 - 1.83 <0.001 3.26 2.46 - 4.32 <0.001
Literacy Level
 Adequate 1.00
 Marginal 0.86 0.56 - 1.34 0.51 0.87 0.62 - 1.21 0.41
 Low 0.69 0.42 - 1.12 0.13 0.65 0.44 - 0.94 0.02
Age Group
 < 40 1.00
 40 – 49 0.46 0.28 - 0.76 0.002 0.81 0.56 - 1.16 0.25
 50 – 59 0.39 0.24 - 0.62 <0.001 0.89 0.60 - 1.33 0.58
 ≥ 60 0.45 0.26 - 0.76 0.003 0.86 0.57 - 1.29 0.46
Gender
 Female 1.00
 Male 0.47 0.33 - 0.67 <0.001 0.72 0.55 - 0.93 0.01
Race
 White 1.00
 African American 0.74 0.48 - 1.13 0.17 1.31 0.97 - 1.77 0.08
Education
 ≥ College Graduate 1.00
 Some College 0.68 0.41 - 1.15 0.15 0.77 0.52 - 1.16 0.22
 High School Grad/GED 1.00 0.60 - 1.69 0.99 0.62 0.41 - 0.94 0.03
 < High School 0.51 0.28 - 0.91 0.02 0.57 0.35 - 0.93 0.03
# Medications Taken Daily
 None 1.00
 1 - 2 1.15 0.76 - 1.74 0.50 1.26 0.93 - 1.70 0.14
 3 – 4 1.53 0.95 - 2.45 0.08 1.54 1.05 - 2.26 0.03
 ≥ 5 1.32 0.83 - 2.12 0.25 1.43 0.97 - 2.10 0.07
Clinic
 Shreveport 1.00
 Chicago 0.70 0.49 - 0.98 0.04 0.97 0.72 - 1.30 0.82
Practice Setting
 Community 1.00 1.00
 Academic 0.90 0.62 - 1.31 0.58 0.79 0.58 - 1.06 0.11

AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio adjusted for all variables shown; CI= Confidence Interval