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. 2018 Feb 2;12:6. doi: 10.1186/s40246-018-0136-8

Table 1.

Variables predicting consent, BelPHG-21 study, Belgium 2016

Variable Parameter OR 95% CI OR
Smoking habits (ref “Smoker”) Former smoker 2.21 [1.38, 3.62]
Never smoker 1.38 [0.92, 2.15]
Age Age (years) 1.02 [1.01, 1.02]
Residence (ref “Flanders”) Brussels’ region 0.45 [0.24, 0.77]
Walloon region 0.58 [0.41, 0.80]
Education (ref “No diploma”) Lower secondary 2.29 [1.38, 7.02]
Higher secondary 4.13 [2.12, 9.50]
Higher 6.66 [3.40, 15.44]
Not applicable 5.31 [2.25, 14.06]

A weighted binomial regression analysis to predict consent contained four variables (smoking habits, age, residence, and education). For each parameter, the odds ratio (OR) and 95% CI interval are given