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Table 2 Determinants of time-inappropriate Pap smear use + among Inuit women in Nunavik, Quebec (n=403)

From: Factors associated with cervical cancer screening uptake among Inuit women in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada

  

OR (95% CI)++

Variable

Crude

Fully-adjusted

Age

1.38 (1.09 -1.74)

 

   21-29

Reference

Reference

   30-44

2.63 (1.56-4.44)

3.23 (1.72-6.04)

   45+

1.99 (1.03-3.83)

2.28 (0.99-5.26)

Marital status at baseline

  

   Married or living with partner

Reference

Reference

   Single

0.86 (0.53-1.40)

0.89 (0.49-1.62)

Educational attainment

  

   < Grade 9

Reference

Reference

   ≥ Grade 9

0.71 (0.44-1.16)

0.87 (0.47-1.59)

Employed

  

   No

Reference

 

   Yes

1.62 (0.88-2.94)

 

Current smoker

  

   No

Reference

 

   Yes

0.98 (0.58-1.67)

 

Current alcohol use

  

   No

Reference

 

   Yes

0.91 (0.53-1.54)

 

Self-reported history of STI

  

   No

Reference

 

   Yes

0.67 (0.39-1.14)

 

Age at first sexual intercourse (per year)

1.10 (0.98-1.21)

 

Lifetime # of sexual partners

  

   < 10 partners

Reference

 

   ≥ 10 partners

0.93 (0.57-1.51)

 

Previously given birth

  

   Yes

Reference

Reference

   No

1.76 (0.86-3.59)

2.57 (1.10-6.01)

Current use of any birth control

  

   No

Reference

 

   Yes

0.52 (0.31-0.85)

 

Community

  

   1

2.51 (1.01-6.22)

1.82 (0.69-4.82)

   2

Reference

Reference

   3

2.52 (0.96-6.64)

1.95 (0.69-5.48)

   4

2.11 (0.70-6.38)

1.16 (0.33-4.16)

  1. + No history of Pap smear within the three years prior to cohort entry.
  2. ++Odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval). Odds ratios are unadjusted or fully adjusted for all other variables in the model.