Table 6.

Association between public perception of trust and risk (agree versus disagree), adjusted for familiarity, age and gender

		Health Department			Scientists			Journalists			Politicians
Application (Risk)	Trust level	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI
Health ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.68	0.39	1.17	0.67	0.35	1.25	1.04	0.66	1.65	0.85	0.50	1.42
	High	0.36	0.20	0.67	0.27	0.14	0.53	0.56	0.24	1.34	0.16	0.04	0.59
Food ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)
	Moderate	0.71	0.36	1.40	0.80	0.34	1.85	1.20	0.67	2.13	0.83	0.44	1.57
	High	0.37	0.18	0.78	0.34	0.14	0.78	0.51	0.18	1.47	0.21	0.05	0.83
Cosmetics/sunscreens ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.60	0.34	1.05	0.51	0.25	1.03	1.00	0.63	1.60	0.74	0.44	1.26
	High	0.30	0.16	0.56	0.22	0.11	0.44	0.53	0.22	1.28	0.14	0.04	0.47
Medicines ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.74	0.44	1.26	0.59	0.31	1.14	1.08	0.68	1.70	0.87	0.51	1.48
	High	0.44	0.24	0.80	0.27	0.14	0.53	0.52	0.23	1.18	0.20	0.06	0.61
Pesticides ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.81	0.49	1.34	0.63	0.35	1.14	1.18	0.76	1.84	1.02	0.61	1.71
	High	0.53	0.29	0.96	0.31	0.17	0.6	0.70	0.32	1.56	0.14	0.04	0.50
Tennis racquets/computers ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)
	Moderate	0.78	0.49	1.25	0.70	0.41	1.15	1.09	0.71	1.68	0.82	0.49	1.36
	High	0.33	0.18	0.60	0.28	0.16	0.50	1.05	0.47	2.34	0.28	0.07	1.11

**p < 0.01 for overall significance of trust on risk perception for each application/actor combination.