Table 3.

Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with awareness of heritability of stroke among stroke patients.

Characteristic	Aware (n, %)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age
<45 years	557 (56.4)	1.00	1.00
>45 years	1915 (52.6)	0.86 (0.74–0.99)	0.91 (0.78–1.05)
Gender
Male	1,239 (53.7)	1.00	–
Female	1,233 (53.0)	0.97 (0.87–1.09)
Education
None	408 (48.5)	1.00	1.00
Elementary	536 (48.6)	0.99 (0.84–1.19)	0.95 (0.79–1.14)
Secondary	692 (52.3)	1.16 (0.98–1.38)	1.06 (0.89–1.28)
Post-secondary	836 (61.3)	1.68 (1.42–2.02)	1.51 (1.25–1.81)*
Religion
Christianity	1,761 (55.0)	1.00	1.00
Islam	683 (49.9)	0.82 (0.72–0.93)	0.82 (0.72–0.94)*
Others	28 (47.5)	0.74 (0.44–1.23)	0.89 (0.53–1.50)
Marital Status
Married	1,856 (55.0)	1.00	1.00
Not Married	616 (49.0)	0.79 (0.69–0.89)	0.81 (0.70–0.92)*
Personal medical history
Hypertension	1,272 (53.2)	0.99 (0.88–1.11)
Diabetes mellitus	275 (50.9)	0.89 (0.75–1.07)
Heart disease	59 (52.7)	0.97 (0.67–1.42)
Obesity	91 (54.8)	1.06 (0.78–1.45)
Family history of stroke	492 (56.8)	1.18 (1.01–1.37)	1.20 (1.03–1.39)*
Current lifestyle/behaviour
Smoking	139 (47.9)	0.79 (0.62–1.01)	0.88 (0.68–1.13)
Alcohol use	475 (49.3)	0.81 (0.71–0.94)	0.78 (0.67–0.91)*

Note: Only variables with p-value<0.1 from crude OR were included to obtain adjusted ORs using logit model.

^*Significant variables (p < 0.05). Significant variables are in bold.