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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Jan;94(1):123–127. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.09.022

Table 3.

Multivariate binomial regression model assessing predictors of the health risk knowledge score a

Variable Odds Ratio 95% CI
Race 2.029*** 1.359 – 3.028
BMI, kg/m2 0.995 0.976 – 1.013
Age, years 1.016*** 1.005 – 1.027
Gender 0.689** 0.482 – 0.986
Insurance 0.770 0.556 – 1.067
Education 1.837* 0.912 – 3.700
Charlson comorbidity index 0.938 0.819 – 1.075
Advised to lose weight by healthcare professional 1.558** 1.050 – 2.312
Advised to lose weight by family and/or friend 1.264 0.814 – 1.965
Lost 10 lbs. or more in the past 1.075 0.808 – 1.430
a

n=407

***

p<0.01

**

p<0.05

*

p<0.1.

Standard errors in the confidence intervals used the sites as clusters. Missing values: advised to lose weight by healthcare professional n=1; advised to lose weight by family/friends n=2.