Table 1:

Knowledge scores of participants in the three breast cancer subdomains by age, nationality, marital status, university and family history of breast cancer (N = 392)

Demographic variables	n	Knowledge scores, median (range)
		Risk factors	P value	Warning signs	P value	Early detection methods	P value
Age in years*
<18	57	10.0 (0–18)	0.598	5 (0–8)	0.421	3 (1–6)	0.002
18–20	133	10.0 (0–18)		5 (0–8)		3 (0–6)
20–22	116	11.0 (0–18)		5 (0–8)		3 (1–6)
22–24	48	11.0 (0–18)		5 (0–7)		4 (2–7)
≥25	38	10.5 (0–18)		5 (0–8)		4 (2–8)
Nationality**
Emirati	39	11.0 (0–18)	0.680	5 (0–8)	0.502	3 (0–6)	0.779
Non-Emirati	353	11.0 (0–18)		5 (0–8)		3 (1–8)
Marital status**
Never married	349	11.0 (0–18)	0.796	5 (0–8)	0.994	3 (0–7)	0.13
Married or previously married	43	11.0 (0–17)		5 (0–8)		4 (2–8)
University*
1	142	12.0 (0–18)	<0.001	5 (0–8)	0.01	3 (0–7)	0.001
2	137	11.0 (0–18)		5 (0–8)		3 (1–8)
3	113	8.0 (0–17)		4 (0–8)		3 (1–6)
Family history of breast cancer**
Yes	36	12.5 (2–18)	0.03	5 (0–8)	0.629	3 (2–7)	0.469
No	356	11.0 (0–18)		5 (0–8)		3 (0–8)

^*Kruskal-Wallis test;

^**Mann-Whitney U test.