Table 3.

Factors associated with adherence

Variables	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Sex (ref. female)	2.24 (1.40–3.58)	0.001	1.82 (1.10–3.01)	0.019
Age (int. 1 year)	1.03 (1.01–1.05)	0.009	1.01 (1.00–1.04)	0.071
Education (ref. lower)	1.31 (0.85–2.04)	0.225	1.30 (0.81–2.09)	0.272
Duration (int. 1 year)	1.01 (0.95–1.06)	0.795	–	–
Symptom burden (CML-24)	0.87 (0.80–0.95)	0.001	0.91 (0.83–1.00)	0.059
Financial difficulty (C-30)	0.81 (0.66–1.00)	0.055	0.89 (0.70–1.12)	0.326
Out-of-pocket cost (int. 1,000 CNY)	1.01 (1.00–1.02)	0.160	1.01 (1.00–1.02)	0.147

Notes: Binary logistic regression model. Bold data indicate statistically significant with p-value < 0.05. CNY= Chinese Yuan.

Abbreviations: ref., reference; int., interval.