Table 3.
Factors affecting the knowledge of students towards CVD risk factors at University of Gondar, Ethiopia, 2017 (N = 423)
| Demographic variable | Overall knowledge | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Poor n (%) | Good n (%) | ||||
| Gender | Female | 90 (62.5%) | 54 (37.5%) | 1.310 (.808-2.125) | 0.274 |
| Male | 197 (70.6%) | 82 (29.4%) | |||
| Year of study | Freshman | 30 (76.9%) | 11 (23.1%) | 0.507 (.227-1.131) | 0.97 |
| Senior | 257 (66.9%) | 127 (33.1%) | |||
| Departments | CMHS | 39 (50.6%) | 38 (49.4%) | 2.620 (1.516-4.527) | 0.024 |
| Outside of CMHS | 248 (71.7%) | 98 (28.3%) | |||