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. 2019 Apr 23;4:16. Originally published 2019 Jan 29. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14989.2

Table 10. Preference for advance refusal of all medication: univariate and corrected associations.

Univariate regression of age and years since diagnosis, and all multivariate regression was conducted using multiple imputation.

Univariate regression
Odds ratio (95% CIs)
Model controlling for age, gender,
ethnicity, education and comorbidity
Odds ratio (95% CIs)
Age 0.97 (0.95 – 0.98)          p < 0.0005 ** 0.97 (0.96 – 0.98)          p < 0.0005 **
                                              n = 924                                               n = 897
Years since diagnosis 0.97 (0.95 – 0.99)          p < 0.0005 ** 0.99 (0.97 – 1.01)              p = 0.322
                                              n = 928                                               n = 897
Hospitalisation Never 1.00 1.00
Ever 0.71 (0.44 – 0.98)                 p = 0.038 0.75 (0.54 – 1.06)              p = 0.103
                                              n = 921                                               n = 891
Gender Male 1.00 1.00
Female 1.75 (1.18 – 2.61)                p = 0.005 1.58 (1.05 – 2.38)                p = 0.029
Other 2.56 (0.63 – 10.36)              p = 0.188 2.70 (0.64 – 11.40)              p = 0.177
                                               n = 926                                                n = 897
Trust in healthcare
professionals
Agree 1.00 1.00
Neutral 1.27 (0.84 – 1.94)              p = 0.260 1.22 (0.79 – 1.89)              p = 0.366
Disagree 2.35 (1.61 – 3.41)          p < 0.0005 ** 2.08 (1.41 – 3.08)          p < 0.0005 **
                                              n = 923                                               n = 897

**indicates statistical significance after correction for multiple comparisons.