Table 3:
Relative risk assessment of the association of participant characteristics and a correct post-test response following an incorrect pre-test response compared to participants with incorrect responses at both pre- and post-test.
| Comprehension terms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant characteristics | Genetics | Chromosome | Susceptibility | Mutation | Variation | Abnormality | Heredity | Sporadic |
| RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | |
| Education | ||||||||
| 0-8 years | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 9-12 years | 1.21 (0.34-4.24) | 0.73 (0.29-1.88) | 1.94 (0.81-4.66) | 2.40 (1.09-5.26)* | 0.96 (0.42-2.15) | 1.67 (0.72-3.87) | 1.23 (0.39-3.90) | 0.87 (0.42-1.78) |
| >12 years | 1.76 (0.37-8.32) | 1.79 (0.67-4.78) | 1.17 (0.49-2.80) | 3.55 (1.58-7.99)* | 0.50 (0.22-1.18) | 2.20 (0.87-5.54) | 1.91 (0.55-6.60) | 1.12 (0.55-2.31) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Hispanic | 2.35 (0.50-11.15) | 1.38 (0.38-4.96) | 0.62 (0.20-1.92) | 2.23 (0.61-8.17) | 0.65 (0.24-1.77) | 2.12 (0.85-5.28) | 4.24 (1.03-17.51)* | 1.20 (0.59-2.42) |
| Age | ||||||||
| <50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ≥50 | 0.57 (0.18-1.77) | 0.91 (0.43-1.91) | 1.00 (0.57-1.76) | 0.47 (0.26-0.86)* | 1.34 (0.74-2.44) | 1.76 (1.08-2.87) | 0.53 (0.23-1.19) | 0.70 (0.43-1.15) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 1.52 (0.49-4.70) | 1.09 (0.54-2.18) | 0.96 (0.53-1.75) | 1.44 (0.79-2.65) | 0.78 (0.43-1.43) | 0.60 (0.37-0.96)* | 0.88 (0.39-1.97) | 1.07 (0.67-1.70) |
| Language | ||||||||
| English | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Spanish | 0.39 (0.12-1.25) | 0.37 (0.16-0.85)* | 0.89 (0.48-1.67) | 0.74 (0.37-1.48) | 0.98 (0.51-1.87) | 0.96 (0.58-1.59) | 0.49 (0.21-1.13) | 0.76 (0.47-1.23) |
| Years in country | ||||||||
| <10 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ≥10 | 1.47 (0.29-7.45) | 0.87 (0.37-2.06) | 0.95 (0.48-1.86) | 0.81 (0.42-1.57) | 1.47 (0.73-2.93) | 1.74 (0.98-3.08) | 1.03 (0.39-2.76) | 0.96 (0.54-1.71) |
| Health Literacy | ||||||||
| Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High | 0.98 (0.30-3.27) | 0.86 (0.43-1.72) | 0.80 (0.46-1.38) | 1.39 (0.77-2.53) | 1.39 (0.77-2.52) | 0.69 (0.43-1.11) | 1.66 (0.73-3.80) | 0.90 (0.57-1.44) |
*
P-value <0.05