Table 3.
Mutually adjusted logistic regression models for the associations between comfort with providing information for breast cancer risk assessment and participants ‘characteristics (n = 4219).
| Questions: How Comfortable Would You Feel | Providing Personal Information * to Assess Breast Cancer Risk? | Providing Sample of Blood or Saliva for Genetic Test to Assess Breast Cancer Risk? | Having a Mammogram to Assess Breast Cancer Risk? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Comfortable; Comfortable vs. (Very Uncomfortable; Uncomfortable; Neither Comfortable nor Uncomfortable; 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 0.77 (0.63–0.93) 0.76 (0.61–0.95) 0.63 (0.48–0.82) |
0.0080 0.0177 0.0007 |
1.00 0.79 (0.65–0.96) 0.79 (0.63–0.99) 0.77 (0.58–1.00) |
0.2190 0.0115 0.8861 |
1.00 0.88 (0.72–1.08) 0.73 (0.58–0.93) 1.02 (0.76–1.37) |
0.2190 0.0115 0.8861 |
| Province | ||||||
| Ontario Alberta British Colombia Quebec |
1.00 0.96 (0.80–1.15) 1.03 (0.85–1.23) 1.19 (0.98–1.44) |
0.6611 0.7808 0.0755 |
1.00 0.90 (0.75–1.09) 1.00 (0.83–1.20) 1.49 (1.23–1.81) |
0.2740 0.9919 <0.0001 |
1.00 1.03 (0.84–1.26) 1.25 (1.03–1.52) 0.97 (0.79–1.19) |
0.7734 0.0315 0.7592 |
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Canada Other |
1.00 0.94 (0.77–1.16) |
0.5683 |
1.00 0.85 (0.69–1.04) |
0.1086 |
1.00 0.85 (0.68–1.06) |
0.1384 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Caucasian Others Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 0.78 (0.64–0.96) 0.34 (0.23–0.51) |
0.0194 <0.0001 |
1.00 1.09 (0.89–1.33) 0.51 (0.35–0.75) |
0.4322 0.0007 |
1.00 0.92 (0.74–1.13) 0.56 (0.38–0.84) |
0.4181 0.0052 |
| Education level | ||||||
| University diploma Non-university certificate or post-secondary diploma High school diploma or less |
1.00 0.90 (0.76–1.06) 0.72 (0.60–0.87) |
0.2071 0.0008 |
1.00 0.96 (0.82–1.14) 0.77 (0.64–0.93) |
0.6579 0.0752 |
1.00 0.98 (0.82–1.17) 0.81 (0.66–0.99) |
0.8233 0.0424 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married or common law Formerly married Single, never married Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.15 (0.95–1.39) 0.78 (0.65–0.94) 0.46 (0.22–0.98) |
0.1611 0.0084 0.0438 |
1.00 1.10 (0.91–1.34) 0.77 (0.64–0.93) 0.48 (0.24–0.97) |
0.3308 0.0063 0.0418 |
1.00 0.95 (0.77–1.17) 1.01 (0.83–1.23) 0.59 (0.29–1.17) |
0.6258 0.8940 0.1316 |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Working Not working Retired Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.15 (0.95–1.38) 1.25 (0.87–1.56) 0.71 (0.37–1.37) |
0.1434 0.0442 0.3025 |
1.00 1.02 (0.85–1.23) 0.99 (0.80–1.24) 0.68 (0.36–1.30) |
0.8312 0.9482 0.2451 |
1.00 1.07 (0.88–1.30) 1.07 (0.83–1.37) 0.80 (0.42–1.55) |
0.5076 0.6057 0.5112 |
| 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 1.21 (0.90–1.62) 1.16 (0.87–1.56) 1.27 (0.93–1.74) 1.59 (1.17–2.15) 0.72 (0.53–0.99) |
0.2053 0.3129 0.1405 0.0029 0.0411 |
1.00 1.23 (0.92–1.66) 1.16 (0.86–1.56) 1.30 (0.95–1.80) 1.44 (1.06–1.96) 0.76 (0.55–1.04) |
0.1685 0.3200 0.1034 0.0190 0.0823 |
1.00 1.21 (0.90–1.65) 1.62 (1.19–2.21) 1.67 (1.20–2.33) 2.27 (1.64–3.13) 1.36 (0.97–1.89) |
0.2094 0.0022 0.0026 <0.0001 0.0733 |
| Perceived health status | ||||||
| Fair Good |
1.00 1.15 (0.97–1.37) |
0.1030 |
1.00 0.98 (0.82–1.17) |
0.8499 |
1.00 1.40 (1.17–1.68) |
0.0003 |
| Ever had breast cancer | ||||||
| No Yes |
1.00 0.66 (0.47–0.94) |
0.0195 |
1.00 0.65 (0.46–0.93) |
0.0178 |
1.00 0.77 (0.52–1.14) |
0.1863 |
| 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 0.85 (0.73–1.00) 1.51 (1.21–1.88) 0.41 (0.31–0.54) |
0.0463 0.0003 <0.0001 |
1.00 0.99 (0.85–1.16) 1.58 (1.26–1.98) 0.44 (0.33–0.58) |
0.9195 <0.0001 <0.0001 |
1.00 1.27 (1.08–1.50) 2.09 (1.64–2.66) 0.73 (0.52–0.98) |
0.0047 <0.0001 0.0277 |
| Ever had a mammogram | ||||||
| No Yes Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.38 (1.16–1.65) 0.22 (0.09–0.54) |
0.0003 0.0011 |
1.00 1.31 (1.10–1.57) 0.32 (0.14–0.71) |
0.0030 0.0051 |
1.00 4.36 (3.60–5.27) 0.38 (0.16–0.90) |
<0.0001 0.0277 |
| Ever had a genetic test for breast cancer | ||||||
| No Yes Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 0.96 (0.71–1.31) 0.77 (0.58–1.03) |
0.8013 0.0801 |
1.00 1.08 (0.78–1.48) 0.69 (0.52–0.93) |
0.6446 0.0136 |
1.00 0.62 (0.45–0.86) 0.64 (0.47–0.87) |
0.0037 0.0045 |
| Family history of genetic test for breast cancer | ||||||
| No Yes Don’t know/Prefer not to answer |
1.00 1.38 (1.09–1.75) 1.03 (0.89–1.20) |
0.0073 0.6979 |
1.00 1.60 (1.25–2.04) 1.17 (1.00–1.36) |
0.0002 0.0457 |
1.00 1.50 (1.16–1.93) 0.91 (0.78–1.08) |
0.0020 0.2767 |
* Personal information like age, cancers in your family, having children, lifestyle factors, breast density and weight.