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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Mar;23(3):392–401. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0744

Table 4.

Multiple logistic regression of association between “future generations will benefit” attitude with willingness to donate biospecimens

OR (95% CI) P
If healthy, willing to donate
 Saliva 3.54 (2.21–5.67) <0.001
 Urine 3.19 (2.01–5.07) <0.001
 Blood 2.98 (1.75–5.09) <0.001
 Toenails 2.85 (1.64–4.96) <0.001
 Hair 3.60 (2.20–5.88) <0.001
If have cancer, willing to donate
 Saliva 3.70 (1.95–7.03) <0.001
 Urine 3.63 (2.36–5.60) <0.001
 Blood 2.92 (1.69–5.02) <0.001
 Toenails 3.10 (2.01–4.78) <0.001
 Hair 3.47 (1.74–6.92) <0.001
If have cancer, willing to donate
 unused tissue
4.18 (2.18–8.01) <0.001

NOTE: Adjusted for age, sex, marital status, education, years in the United States, family history of cancer, personal history of cancer, and trial group.

Bold P values reflect a statistical significance of P < 0.05.