Table 5 Logistic regression: Chances of getting cancer believed to be above average = 1
From: Men and women: beliefs about cancer and about screening
Variables | β | Odds ratio | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Constant | -1.14 | Â | Â |
Age, years | -0.03 | 0.97 | 0.96 - 0.98 |
Experience: stomach problems = 1 | 0.29 | 1.34 | 1.00 - 1.80 |
Experience: heart disease = 1 | 0.31 | 1.36 | 1.01 - 1.83 |
Experience: cancer = 1 | 1.49 | 4.46 | 3.12 - 6.37 |
EQ index score | -0.90 | 0.41 | 0.23 - 0.73 |
Current smoker = 1 | 1.17 | 3.21 | 2.24 - 4.59 |
Overweight = 1 | 0.58 | 1.78 | 1.32 - 2.40 |
Cancer incidence under-estimated = 1 | -0.45 | 0.64 | 0.44 - 0.93 |
Smoking and lung cancer* = 1 | 0.60 | 1.83 | 1.25 - 2.67 |
Nagelkerke R2 | 0.22 | Â | Â |