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Table 2 Willingness to accept treatment versus participant characteristics

From: Determinants for acceptance of preventive treatment against heart disease – a web-based population survey

 

Accepting treatment

 

Accepting, n (%)

ORcrude

ORadj* (95%-CI)

Test for trend

Total

365 (34.1)

-

-

-

Gender

 

 p = 0.309

p = 0.760

 

 Male

195 (35.6)

(ref.)

(ref.)

-

 Female

170 (32.6)

0.87

0.96 (0.74, 1.25)

 

Age groups

 

 p = 0.158

p = 0.421

 

 40-44

52 (28.9)

(ref.)

(ref.)

pcrude = 0.027

 45-49

91 (32.7)

1.20

1.10 (0.72,1.68)

padj =0.077

 50-54

90 (33.7)

1.25

1.22 (0.80, 1.86)

 

 55-60

132 (38.4)

1.53

1.39 (0.93, 2.08)

 

Health status

 

 p = 0.282

p = 0.813

 

 Good/very good

216 (32.3)

(ref.)

(ref.)

pcrude = 0.118

 Fair

119 (36.6)

1.21

1.07 (0.79, 1.43)

padj =0.529

 Poor/very poor

29 (38.7)

1.31

1.16 (0.69, 1.97)

 

Experience with heart disease

 

 p < 0.001

p < 0.001

 

 Yes, have or have had myself

35 (63.6)

(ref.)

(ref.)

-

 Yes, family member has had

87 (35.5)

0.31

0.33 (0.18, 0.62)

 

 No

232 (31.4)

0.26

0.27 (0.15, 0.48)

 

Household income

 

 p = 0.429

p = 0.522

 

 Low

114 (34.7)

(ref.)

(ref.)

pcrude = 0.497

 Medium

120 (32.6)

0.91

0.96 (0.69, 1.33)

padj =0.428

 High

100 (37.6)

1.14

1.16 (0.82, 1.65)

 

Education

 

 p = 0.037

p = 0.005

 

 Low

96 (39.5)

(ref.)

(ref.)

pcrude = 0.011

 Medium

240 (33.5)

0.77

0.69 (0.50, 0.95)

padj = 0.001

 High

26 (25.5)

0.52

0.42 (0.24, 0.73)

 
  1. *Adjusted for gender, age (four groups), experience with heart disease, price.