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Table 6 Logistic regression: Quite or very worried about cancer = 1

From: Men and women: beliefs about cancer and about screening

Variables

β

Odds ratio

95% CI

Constant

2.43

  

Sex, male = 1

-5.15

0.60

0.46 - 0.77

Age, years

-0.04

0.97

0.96 - 0.98

Age leaving full-time education, years

-0.07

0.93

0.89 - 0.98

Income, £10-20,000 = 1

0.37

1.45

1.11 - 1.90

Experience: haemorrhoids = 1

0.26

1.30

1.02 - 1.66

Experience: heart disease = 1

0.26

1.29

1.01 - 1.65

Experience: cancer = 1

0.48

1.62

1.26 - 2.08

EQ index score

-1.25

0.29

0.17 - 0.48

Nagelkerke R2

0.12

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