Table 3.
Binary logistic regression models estimating the association of sociodemographic factors with overall risk assessment of blood transfusion in all study participants as well as in the subgroups of patients and caregivers
| All participants (n = 691) | Patients (n = 506) | Caregivers (n = 185) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95%CI) | P | OR (95%CI) | P | OR (95%CI) | P | |
| Age, years | 1.00 (0.97–1.02) | 0.62 | 1.01 (0.98–1.03) | 0.61 | 1.02 (0.97–1.07) | 0.36 |
| Sex, female | 1.57 (0.96–2.62) | 0.08 | 1.67 (0.92–3.06) | 0.09 | 1.06 (0.40–3.04) | 0.91 |
| Marital statusa | ||||||
| Unmarried | 1.21 (0.63–2.31) | 0.57 | 1.36 (0.60–2.97) | 0.46 | 1.32 (0.25–4.89) | 0.67 |
| Divorced | 1.64 (0.68–3.62) | 0.24 | 2.26 (0.85–5.52) | 0.09 | 0.58 (0.03–3.79) | 0.63 |
| Widowed | 0.23 (0.01–1.19) | 0.16 | 0.26 (0.01–1.39) | 0.21 | n/a | 0.99 |
| Residenceb | ||||||
| Suburban | 1.16 (0.60–2.29) | 0.67 | 1.35 (0.59–3.26) | 0.48 | 0.79 (0.23–2.59) | 0.70 |
| Municipal | 0.76 (0.37–1.58) | 0.46 | 1.07 (0.44–2.70) | 0.88 | 0.34 (0.07–1.34) | 0.15 |
| Rural | 0.62 (0.30–1.25) | 0.18 | 0.55 (0.21–1.44) | 0.22 | 0.76 (0.25–2.29) | 0.61 |
| Blood donor | 1.57 (0.94–2.61) | 0.08 | 1.26 (0.64–2.42) | 0.49 | 2.13 (0.88–5.51) | 0.10 |
| Denial of transfusions | 5.53 (2.15–13.6) | < 0.001 | 5.46 (1.97–14.5) | < 0.001 | 9.74 (0.34–27.9) | 0.13 |
acompared to married subjects; bcompared to subjects residing in a city