Table 7.

The association of age-group and gender with recalling and recognizing cancer risk factors

Risk factor	Recall (n = 2886)				Recognition (n = 2886)
	Female gender		Being adult		Female gender		Being adult
	aAdjusted OR (95% CI)	p value	bAdjusted OR (95% CI)	p value	aAdjusted OR (95% CI)	p value	bAdjusted OR (95% CI)	p value
Smoking	0.70 (0.60–0.81)	< 0.001	0.85 (0.73–0.99)	0.041	1.63 (1.37–1.94)	< 0.001	1.16 (0.98–1.38)	0.09
Passive smoking	1.38 (0.87–2.21)	0.17	1.66 (1.04–2.66)	0.035	1.14 (0.98–1.32)	0.08	1.27 (1.10–1.47)	0.002
Eating less than 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day	1.69 (1.45–1.97)	< 0.001	0.86 (0.74–0.99)	0.046	1.08 (0.89–1.31)	0.41	1.74 (1.43–2.12)	< 0.001
Being overweight	1.60 (1.04–2.45)	0.031	1.11 (0.74–1.68)	0.61	1.10 (0.95–1.28)	0.21	1.60 (1.38–1.86)	< 0.001
Getting sunburnt more than once as a child	0.78 (0.41–1.49)	0.45	1.74 (0.90–3.38)	0.10	1.05 (0.87–1.28)	0.58	1.94 (1.60–2.35)	< 0.001
Being over 70 years old	1.07 (0.53–2.17)	0.86	4.32 (1.77–10.57)	0.001	0.89 (0.75–1.06)	0.18	2.48 (2.08–2.95)	< 0.001
Having a close relative with cancer	1.41 (1.06–1.87)	0.019	1.94 (1.45–2.60)	< 0.001	1.20 (1.02–1.40)	0.023	2.03 (1.74–2.38)	< 0.001
Doing less than 30 min of moderate physical activity 5 times a week	0.91 (0.47–1.74)	0.77	1.34 (0.69–2.58)	0.38	0.85 (0.72–1.01)	0.06	1.07 (0.90–1.26)	0.46

n number of participants tested, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

^aAdjusted for age group, ^bAdjusted for gender