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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 2014 Nov 15;98(9):969–973. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000161

Table 3.

Associations between knowledge and having asked someone to donate

RR of asking someone to donate
Unadjusted Adjusteda Parsimonious
Actual Knowledge 1.09 (1.00–1.18) 1.08 (0.99–1.18)b 1.06 (0.98–1.15)d
Perceived Knowledge 1.23 (1.07–1.42) 1.21 (1.03–1.43)c 1.22 (1.04–1.42)e

RR=relative risk

a

Adjusted for sex, race, education, time on dialysis, time on a waitlist, registered as an organ donor, know someone who has donated an organ

b

Also adjusted for perceived knowledge rating. The interpretation of the RR is for each one unit increase in actual knowledge score.

c

Also adjusted for actual knowledge score. The interpretation of the RR is for each one unit increase in perceived knowledge rating.

d

Adjusted for perceived knowledge, race, registered as an organ donor, know someone who has donated an organ. The interpretation of the RR is for each one unit increase in actual knowledge score.

e

Adjusted for actual knowledge score, race, registered as an organ donor, know someone who has donated an organ. The interpretation of the RR is for each one unit increase in perceived knowledge rating.