Table 3.

Multivariable logistic regression results depicting the association between desire to improve cholesterol control and cholesterol status (n = 225).

	OR	95% CI	p
High cholesterol	0.60	0.29–1.25	0.170
Non-high cholesterol	Ref	–	–
Very likely to have heart attack (susceptibility)	2.11	0.70–6.42	0.187
Less than very likely to have heart attack	Ref	–	–
Very serious to have high cholesterol (severity)	2.26	1.07–4.78	0.032
Less than very serious to have high cholesterol	Ref	–	–
Self-efficacy	4.70	2.06–10.74	<0.001
Minority race	2.01	0.95–4.28	0.070
White race	Ref	–	–
Male gender	1.23	0.30–5.04	0.770
Female gender	Ref	–	–
Married or living with partner	1.64	0.77–3.51	0.203
Not married or living with partner	Ref	–	–
Low health literacy	1.21	0.50–2.91	0.671
Average or high health literacy	Ref	–	–
Low education (≤12 years of school)	1.14	0.51–2.57	0.747
Higher education (>12 years of school)	Ref	–	–
Inadequate income	0.78	0.31–1.96	0.598
Adequate income	Ref	–	–
Employed	0.77	0.36–1.66	0.501
Not employed	Ref	–	–
Adherent with medications	1.02	0.47–2.23	0.960
Non-adherent with medications	Ref	–	–