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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2016 Jul 10;37(3):230–238. doi: 10.1177/0272989X16650665

Table 3. Associations between Risk Communication Strategies with PMV by Standardized Subjective Numeracy Scores.

Strategy Version Comparison Crude / Adjusted*
Odds Ratio**
(95% CI)
Crude / Adjusted OR by Standardized
Subjective Numeracy Scores
−1.5 −1.0 0 1.0 1.5
Order benefits-AES (sc #1) vs AE-benefits (sc #4) 2.01 (1.10, 3.69) /
2.18 (1.18, 4.04)
0.35 /
0.40
0.62 /
0.70
2.01 /
2.18
6.50 /
6.81
11.69 /
12.02
Amount
• Benefits benefits-AES (sc #1) vs BENEFITS-AES
(sc #2)
1.84 (1.00, 3.40) /
1.87 (1.00, 3.49)
0.67 /
0.73
0.93 /
1.00
1.84 /
1.87
3.64 /
3.48
5.11 /
4.75
• Adverse events BENEFITS-AES (sc #2) vs BENEFITS-aes
(sc #3)
0.61 (0.34,1.09) /
0.58 (1.05, 0.32)
0.66 /
0.66
0.64 /
0.63
0.61 /
0.58
0.57 /
0.53
0.56 /
0.51
Sandwich benefits-AES (sc #1) vs benefits-AES-
benefits (sc #5)
2.15 (1.17, 3.97) /
2.07 (1.11, 3.85)
0.60 /
0.68
0.91 /
0.99
2.15 /
2.07
5.06 /
4.36
7.77 /
6.33
*

Adjusted for choice of physician

**

Proportional odds of perceiving higher benefit versus lower benefit; odds ratios greater than 1 indicate that subjects were more likely to indicate benefits>risks for the first than for the second scenario listed. Bold results indicate that 95% CI does not capture 1.00