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. 2017 Apr 18;17:327. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4224-9

Table 5.

Sensitivity analyses: reading breast screening information (women only): adjusted ORs, 95% CIs, p-values for variables in binary logistic regression models

Amount read of the breast screening leaflet
Read at least some of the leaflet Read at least about half of the leaflet Read most/all of the leaflet Read all of the leaflet
Characteristic (vs. read none) (vs. read less than about half) (vs. read less than most/all) (vs. read less than all)
OR, 95% CI p OR, 95% CI p OR, 95% CI p OR, 95% CI p
Ethnicity
White British 1.66, 0.43 to 6.46 .464 1.43, 0.59 to 3.47 .428 1.76, 0.76 to 4.10 .187 3.28, 1.36 to 7.89 .008
vs. Other ethnic groups
Marital status
Married or living as a couple 1.32, 0.54 to 3.23 .540 0.96, 0.52 to 1.80 .907 0.97, 0.53 to 1.78 .924 0.80, 0.45 to 1.42 .450
vs. Single, widowed, divorced, or separated
Highest level of education Overall: .452 Overall: .913 Overall: .791 Overall: .150
No formal qualifications 0.44, 0.10 to 1.90 .269 1.09, 0.44 to 2.68 .856 0.85, 0.36 to 2.01 .704 0.44, 0.19 to 1.01 .052
Approximately Level 1, 2, or 3 0.44, 0.12 to 1.64 .222 1.18, 0.54 to 2.60 .683 1.07, 0.50 to 2.29 .861 0.60, 0.29 to 1.24 .168
vs. Approximately Level 4
Social class grade Overall: .689 Overall: .925 Overall: .782 Overall: .876
Grade A or B 0.73, 0.21 to 2.59 .631 1.18, 0.47 to 2.98 .731 0.77, 0.31 to 1.89 .565 0.90, 0.40 to 2.07 .811
Grade C1 or C2 1.23, 0.43 to 3.54 .706 1.01, 0.50 to 2.06 .977 0.79, 0.39 to 1.59 .508 1.08, 0.57 to 2.05 .811
vs. Grade D or E
Personal diagnosis of cancer
Yes 0.70, 0.17 to 2.84 .612 1.25, 0.39 to 4.04 .708 1.11, 0.37 to 3.32 .846 0.90, 0.35 to 2.35 .834
vs. No
Knows someone with cancer
Yes 0.66, 0.24 to 1.86 .435 0.71, 0.36 to 1.40 .328 0.90, 0.48 to 1.69 .750 1.23, 0.69 to 2.20 .493
vs. No
Breast screening regularity Overall: .008 Overall: .014 Overall: .003 Overall: .014
Never or very rarely attended… 0.12, 0.03 to 0.48 .003 0.19, 0.06 to 0.58 .004 0.14, 0.44 to 0.47 .001 0.16, 0.04 to 0.63 .009
Attended some or most of the time… 1.30, 0.15 to 11.04 .812 0.65, 0.21 to 2.03 .458 0.43, 0.14 to 1.26 .122 0.43, 0.14 to 1.30 .135
vs. Always attended before most recent invitation
Age (in years) 1.01, 0.95 to 1.09 .705 0.97, 0.92 to 1.02 .205 0.98, 0.93 to 1.03 .352 0.96, 0.92 to 1.00 .048
Decision-making styles
Avoidant score 1.13, 0.99 to 1.30 .082 0.97, 0.89 to 1.06 .523 0.94, 0.87 to 1.03 .176 0.97, 0.89 to 1.05 .452
Dependent score 1.02, 0.91 to 1.14 .761 1.00, 0.92 to 1.09 .973 1.01, 0.93 to 1.09 .876 1.03, 0.96 to 1.11 .434
Intuitive score 0.97, 0.82 to 1.13 .671 1.08, 0.96 to 1.21 .191 1.09, 0.98 to 1.22 .116 1.01, 0.91 to 1.12 .892
Rational score 1.02, 0.86 to 1.20 .853 0.99, 0.88 to 1.11 .801 0.98, 0.88 to 1.09 .722 1.08, 0.97 to 1.19 .151
Spontaneous score 0.92, 0.81 to 1.04 .169 0.99, 0.91 to 1.08 .861 0.98, 0.90 to 0.90 .653 1.03, 0.95 to 1.11 .528

ORs and 95% CIs are per unit increase in the case of continuous variables; p-values <.05 are in bold