Table 3. Factors associated with changes of marriage decision (from positive to negative) if partner were a BRCA carrier among study participants with initial intention to get married (n = 972).
Characteristics | Crude OR | Adjusted OR* | |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Males | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Females | 1.34 (1.00–1.79) | 1.41 (1.03–1.93) | |
Age | |||
20–24 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
25–29 | 0.90 (0.59–1.38) | 0.87 (0.52–1.48) | |
30–34 | 0.79 (0.52–1.21) | 0.75 (0.43–1.32) | |
35–39 | 1.39 (0.99–2.21) | 1.28 (0.70–2.32) | |
Education | |||
High school or less | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Undergraduate | 0.68 (0.41–1.15) | 0.79 (0.44–1.44) | |
College or more | 0.66 (0.42–1.03) | 0.76 (0.47–1.23) | |
Income | |||
< $30,000/year | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
≥ $30,000/year | 0.77 (0.57–1.02) | 0.92 (0.67–1.26) | |
Occupation | |||
White-collar | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Blue-collar | 1.72 (1.11–2.68) | 1.60 (1.01–2.55) | |
Others | 1.49 (0.85–2.61) | 1.45 (0.79–2.67) | |
Student | 1.07 (0.71–1.61) | 1.05 (0.56–1.94) | |
None | 1.63 (1.03–2.57) | 1.41 (0.93–2.47) | |
Residential area | |||
Metropolitan city | 1.00 | ||
Others | 1.04 (0.75–1.44) | 0.98 (0.70–1.38) | |
Attitude toward childbearing | |||
Want to have children | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Do not want to have children | 1.39 (1.00–1.93) | 1.24 (0.88–1.75) | |
Family history of breast or ovarian cancer | |||
Neither | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Either breast or ovarian cancer | 1.07 (0.72–1.60) | 1.08 (0.72–1.64) | |
Attitude toward genetic testing & disclosing the test results to family | |||
Do not want to get tested | 1.84 (1.19–2.86) | 1.65 (1.04–2.61) | |
Want to get tested & disclose results | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Want to get tested but do not want to disclose results | 1.63 (1.01–2.64) | 1.58 (0.96–2.58) |
Values are presented as OR (95% CI).
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
*Adjusted for the variables in the table.