Perceptions of risk from nanotechnologies and trust in stakeholders: a cross sectional study of public, academic, government and business attitudes

Table 6 Association between public perception of trust and risk (agree versus disagree), adjusted for familiarity, age and gender

		Health Department			Scientists			Journalists			Politicians
Application (Risk)	Trust level	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI	Adjusted Odds Ratio	99% LCI	99% UCI
Health ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.68	0.39	1.17	0.67	0.35	1.25	1.04	0.66	1.65	0.85	0.50	1.42
	High	0.36	0.20	0.67	0.27	0.14	0.53	0.56	0.24	1.34	0.16	0.04	0.59
Food ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)
	Moderate	0.71	0.36	1.40	0.80	0.34	1.85	1.20	0.67	2.13	0.83	0.44	1.57
	High	0.37	0.18	0.78	0.34	0.14	0.78	0.51	0.18	1.47	0.21	0.05	0.83
Cosmetics/sunscreens ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.60	0.34	1.05	0.51	0.25	1.03	1.00	0.63	1.60	0.74	0.44	1.26
	High	0.30	0.16	0.56	0.22	0.11	0.44	0.53	0.22	1.28	0.14	0.04	0.47
Medicines ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.74	0.44	1.26	0.59	0.31	1.14	1.08	0.68	1.70	0.87	0.51	1.48
	High	0.44	0.24	0.80	0.27	0.14	0.53	0.52	0.23	1.18	0.20	0.06	0.61
Pesticides ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)**
	Moderate	0.81	0.49	1.34	0.63	0.35	1.14	1.18	0.76	1.84	1.02	0.61	1.71
	High	0.53	0.29	0.96	0.31	0.17	0.6	0.70	0.32	1.56	0.14	0.04	0.50
Tennis racquets/computers ‘Agree’	Low	1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)**			1 (Ref)			1 (Ref)
	Moderate	0.78	0.49	1.25	0.70	0.41	1.15	1.09	0.71	1.68	0.82	0.49	1.36
	High	0.33	0.18	0.60	0.28	0.16	0.50	1.05	0.47	2.34	0.28	0.07	1.11

**p < 0.01 for overall significance of trust on risk perception for each application/actor combination.

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