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Table 3 Predictors of stroke awareness through multivariate logistic regression

From: Community awareness of stroke in Accra, Ghana

Variable

Risk factors

Warning signs

Affected organ

 

p

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

Age <50 years

0.87

0.96 (0.57-1.61)

0.92

1.03 (0.59-1.80)

0.02

0.57 (0.35-0.92)

Male gender

0.21

1.28 (0.87-1.88)

0.95

0.99 (0.65-1.49)

0.37

1.18 (0.82-1.72)

Christian religion

0.03

14.86 (1.37-161.01)

1.00

0.00 (0.00-23.09)

0.51

2.20 (0.21-23.30)

Tertiary level of education

0.26

1.58 (0.71-3.52)

0.25

1.66 (0.70-3.92)

0.09

1.89 (0.91-3.91)

Monthly income > GHC 3,000

0.16

4.8 (0.54-43.05)

0.37

2.67 (0.31-22.84)

0.08

4.33 (0.84-22.33)

Presence of a stroke risk factor

<0.01

2.37 (1.52-3.71)

0.06

1.57 (0.98-2.52)

0.10

1.41 (0.94-2.10)