Table 2.
Results of univariate and multivariable regression models for the association of the sociodemographic characteristics with cTTO scores
| Characteristic | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | SE | p value | β | SE | p value | |
| Age, years (Ref: 18–30 years) | ||||||
| 31–45 | − 0.024 | 0.011 | 0.024 | − 0.044 | 0.015 | 0.004 |
| 46–60 | − 0.024 | 0.012 | 0.051 | − 0.026 | 0.018 | 0.152 |
| > 60 | − 0.212 | 0.029 | < 0.001 | − 0.187 | 0.033 | < 0.001 |
| Sex—female (Ref: male) | − 0.038 | 0.009 | < 0.001 | − 0.023 | 0.011 | 0.029 |
| Marital status (Ref: single) | ||||||
| Married | 0.003 | 0.010 | 0.797 | 0.057 | 0.015 | < 0.001 |
| Divorced/widowed | − 0.049 | 0.022 | 0.027 | 0.050 | 0.027 | 0.066 |
| Educational level (Ref: illiterate) | ||||||
| Below intermediate | 0.096 | 0.016 | < 0.001 | 0.073 | 0.017 | < 0.001 |
| Intermediate | 0.067 | 0.016 | < 0.001 | 0.058 | 0.017 | 0.001 |
| Completed University degree or more | 0.108 | 0.018 | < 0.001 | 0.090 | 0.019 | < 0.001 |
| Employment status—employed (Ref: unemployed) | − 0.018 | 0.011 | 0.091 | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0.921 |
| Dwelling—urban (Ref: rural) | − 0.018 | 0.010 | 0.069 | − 0.031 | 0.011 | 0.007 |
| Geographical region (Ref: Greater Cairo) | ||||||
| Alexandria | − 0.050 | 0.016 | 0.002 | − 0.043 | 0.017 | 0.010 |
| Delta | − 0.024 | 0.014 | 0.081 | − 0.032 | 0.015 | 0.034 |
| Suez Canal | − 0.029 | 0.016 | 0.083 | − 0.027 | 0.018 | 0.124 |
| North Upper Egypt | − 0.060 | 0.016 | < 0.001 | − 0.063 | 0.017 | < 0.001 |
| South Upper Egypt | − 0.026 | 0.016 | 0.118 | − 0.038 | 0.017 | 0.023 |
| Asyut | − 0.035 | 0.024 | 0.143 | − 0.032 | 0.026 | 0.218 |
| Religion—Muslim (Ref: Christian) | − 0.007 | 0.023 | 0.778 | 0.013 | 0.025 | 0.608 |
| Health Insurance—full/partial (Ref: none) | − 0.033 | 0.010 | 0.001 | − 0.021 | 0.010 | 0.036 |
| Number of people in a household (Ref: 1–3) | ||||||
| 4–6 | − 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.316 | − 0.022 | 0.012 | 0.054 |
| 7 or more | 0.005 | 0.016 | 0.734 | 0.004 | 0.017 | 0.790 |
| Number of comorbidities (Ref: none) | ||||||
| One condition | − 0.003 | 0.012 | 0.772 | 0.005 | 0.012 | 0.701 |
| Two or more | − 0.093 | 0.017 | < 0.001 | − 0.063 | 0.019 | 0.001 |
| Previous illness experience (Ref: none) | − 0.007 | 0.010 | 0.517 | − 0.014 | 0.010 | 0.186 |
| Preference for quality or quantity of life (Ref: preference for quality) | ||||||
| Preference for quantity | 0.228 | 0.016 | < 0.001 | 0.215 | 0.016 | < 0.001 |
| Undecided | 0.146 | 0.016 | < 0.001 | 0.145 | 0.016 | < 0.001 |
Bold values are significant at p value < 0.05
SE standard error