Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression models of the relationship between perceived ambiguity and perceived cancer preventability, perceived cancer risk, and cancer worry (2002–2003 HINTS)^*

	Model 1 (n = 2,688)			Model 2 (n = 2,710)			Model 3 (n = 2,877)
	Perceived cancer preventability			Perceived cancer risk†			Cancer-related worry
Variables	OR	95% C.I.	PV‡	OR	95% C.I.	PV‡	OR	95% C.I.	PV‡
Age			.00			.00			.01
40–49	1.00			1.00			1.00
50–59	0.71	0.54–0.94		1.23	0.95–1.60		1.32	0.88–1.97
60–69	0.55	0.40–0.77		0.85	0.67–1.06		1.04	0.63–1.72
70+	0.54	0.38–0.78		0.53	0.40–0.70		0.38	0.19–0.75
Education level			.00			.03			.00
Less than high school	1.00			1.00			1.00
High school graduate	1.65	1.12–2.44		0.98	0.66–1.44		1.24	0.71–2.15
Some college	2.75	1.70–4.45		0.97	0.70–1.35		0.91	0.48–1.72
College graduate	4.01	2.79–5.75		0.75	0.55–1.03		0.48	0.26–0.88
Race			.02			.56			.23
White	1.00			1.00			1.00
Black	0.76	0.51–1.11		0.81	0.54–1.21		0.97	0.57–1.62
Other	0.46	0.25–0.84		0.93	0.60–1.47		1.67	0.91–3.05
Gender			.99			.36			.04
Female	1.00			1.00			1.00
Male	1.00	0.81–1.24		0.91	0.74–1.12		0.64	0.41–0.99
Perceived ambiguity			.00			.00			.04
Low	1.00			1.00			1.00
High	0.29	0.22–0.40		1.46	1.18–1.80		1.53	1.01–2.32

^*Total sample N = 3,375; decreased and unequal n for individual models due to excluded and missing data.

^†Analysis using ordinal regression.

^‡P value for Wald chi-square test of association.