Table 2.
Mutually adjusted logistic regression models for the associations between attitudes towards breast cancer risk assessment and risk-stratified screening with participants’ characteristics (n = 4219).
| Questions: What Do You Think of the Idea of: |
Using Personal Information * to Assess BC Risk? | Using Genetic Test Results to Assess BC Risk? | Changing Screening Frequency Depending of BC Risk? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Good; Good Idea vs. (Very Bad; Bad Idea; Neither a Good Nor Bad Idea; Don’t Know; Prefer Not to Answer) | ||||||
| Characteristics | Adjusted OR, (95% CI) |
p-Value | Adjusted OR, (95% CI) |
p-Value | Adjusted OR, (95% CI) |
p-Value |
| Age groups | ||||||
| 30–39 years 40–49 years 50–59 years 60–69 years |
1.00 0.98 (0.80–1.21) 1.04 (0.81–1.32) 1.08 (0.81–1.45) |
0.8638 0.7691 0.6102 |
1.00 0.90 (0.73–1.12) 0.82 (0.64–1.04) 0.78 (0.58–1.04) |
0.3483 0.1022 0.0913 |
1.00 1.04 (0.86–1.26) 0.90 (0.72–1.13) 0.86 (0.66–1.12) |
0.7014 0.3544 0.2507 |
| Province | ||||||
| Ontario Alberta British Colombia Quebec |
1.00 1.08 (0.88–1.33) 1.00 (0.81–1.22) 0.82 (0.67–1.00) |
0.4622 0.9752 0.0585 |
1.00 0.97 (0.79–1.19) 0.92 (0.75–1.12) 1.01 (0.82–1.24) |
0.7589 0.3895 0.9421 |
1.00 1.08 (0.90–1.29) 0.99 (0.83–1.19) 0.94 (0.78–1.14) |
0.4284 0.9490 0.5448 |
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Canada Other |
1.00 0.91 (0.73–1.13) |
0.3803 |
1.00 0.95 (0.77–1.09) |
0.6733 |
1.00 1.03 (0.84–1.26) |
0.7735 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Caucasian Others Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 0.80 (0.64–0.99) 0.51 (0.35–0.76) |
0.0415 0.0008 |
1.00 0.88 (0.71–1.09) 0.59 (0.40–0.88) |
0.2267 0.0084 |
1.00 1.02 (0.84–1.24) 0.58 (0.40–0.83) |
0.8783 0.0035 |
| Education level | ||||||
| University diploma Non-university certificate or post-secondary diploma High school diploma or less |
1.00 0.72 (0.60–0.87) 0.52 (0.42–0.64) |
0.0006 <0.0001 |
1.00 0.89 (0.74–1.07) 0.75 (0.61–0.92) |
0.2176 0.0065 |
1.00 0.98 (0.83–1.15) 0.90 (0.75–1.16) |
0.8127 0.2538 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married or common law Formerly married Single, never married Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.05 (0.85–1.30) 0.98 (0.80–1.20) 1.16 (0.57–2.36) |
0.6393 0.8193 0.6836 |
1.00 1.03 (0.84–1.27) 0.91 (0.74–1.10) 1.24 (0.61–2.50) |
0.7493 0.3240 0.5519 |
1.00 0.96 (0.79–1.16) 0.76 (0.63–0.91) 0.93 (0.48–1.79) |
0.6545 0.0027 0.8196 |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Working Not working Retired Prefer not to answer |
1.00 0.98 (0.80–1.19) 1.22 (0.95–1.57) 0.36 (0.19–0.69) |
0.8226 0.1154 0.0020 |
1.00 1.01 (0.83–1.23) 1.16 (0.91–1.47) 0.45 (0.24–0.84) |
0.9187 0.2244 0.0120 |
1.00 1.07 (0.89–1.29) 0.93 (0.75–1.15) 0.81 (0.44–1.50) |
0.4462 0.4883 0.5037 |
| Total family income | ||||||
| Less than $20,000 $20,000–$39,999 $40,000–$59,999 $60,000–$79,999 $80,000 or more Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.05 (0.77–1.43) 1.22 (0.89–1.66) 1.31 (0.94–1.85) 1.40 (1.01–1.93) 1.06 (0.76–1.48) |
0.7497 0.2217 0.1156 0.0444 0.7514 |
1.00 1.21 (0.89–1.63) 1.51 (1.11–2.05) 1.81 (1.29–2.53) 1.68 (1.22–2.30) 1.24 (0.89–1.72) |
0.2192 0.0089 0.0006 0.0014 0.1993 |
1.00 1.07 (0.80–1.42) 1.14 (0.85–1.52) 1.40 (1.02–1.92) 1.25 (0.92–1.68) 1.11 (0.81–1.51) |
0.6587 0.3886 0.0352 0.1500 0.5284 |
| Perceived health status | ||||||
| Poor Good |
1.00 1.21 (1.00–1.45) |
0.0479 |
1.00 1.18 (0.98–1.41) |
0.0836 |
1.00 1.00 (0.84–1.18) |
0.9698 |
| Ever had breast cancer | ||||||
| No Yes |
1.00 0.61 (0.42–0.87) |
0.0075 |
1.00 0.62 (0.43–0.90) |
0.0127 |
1.00 0.93 (0.66–1.32) |
0.6908 |
| Perceived lifetime risk of breast cancer | ||||||
| Much lower or lower than others The same as others Much higher or higher than others Don’t know |
1.00 1.09 (0.93–1.30) 2.10 (1.62–2.71) 0.40 (0.30–0.53) |
0.2945 <0.0001 <0.0001 |
1.00 1.11 (0.94–1.31) 1.82 (1.42–2.34) 0.44 (0.34–0.58) |
0.2106 <0.0001 <0.0001 |
1.00 0.91 (0.78–1.06) 1.42 (1.14–1.77) 0.49 (0.38–0.65) |
0.2013 0.0017 <0.0001 |
| Ever had a mammogram | ||||||
| No Yes Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.32 (1.09–1.60) 0.43 (0.21–0.90) |
0.0043 0.0242 |
1.00 1.31 (1.08–1.58) 0.36 (0.18–0.76) |
0.0057 0.0069 |
1.00 1.12 (0.94–1.34) 0.39 (0.19–0.80) |
0.2026 0.0099 |
| Ever had a genetic test for breast cancer | ||||||
| No Yes Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 0.78 (0.56–1.08) 0.56 (0.42–0.77) |
0.1388 0.0002 |
1.00 1.31 (0.92–1.87) 0.64 (0.48–0.86) |
0.1388 0.0033 |
1.00 1.02 (0.75–1.39) 1.03 (0.77–1.37) |
0.9014 0.8576 |
| Family history of genetic test for breast cancer | ||||||
| No Yes Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.27 (0.98–1.64) 1.16 (0.98–1.38) |
0.0701 0.0788 |
1.00 1.45 (1.11–1.89) 1.21 (1.02–1.42) |
0.0064 0.0270 |
1.00 1.45 (1.14–1.83) 1.12 (0.96–1.30) |
0.0021 0.1504 |
* Personal information like age, cancers in your family, having children, lifestyle factors, breast density and weight.