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Table 3 Prevalence of lack of awareness of individual risk factors for Denmark versus Sweden

From: Awareness of risk factors for cancer: a comparative study of Sweden and Denmark

Risk factor

N

%

Crude

Adjustedb

Denmark

Sweden

Denmark

Sweden

PR (95 % CI)a

PR (95 % CI)a

Smoking

104/2998

50/3070

3.5

1.6

2.13 (1.53-2.97)

2.35 (1.68-3.30)

Second-hand smoke

368/2999

174/3070

12.3

5.7

2.17 (1.82-2.57)

2.31 (1.94-2.76)

Alcohol intake

1700/3000

1613/3069

56.7

52.6

1.08 (1.03-1.13)

1.08 (1.03-1.13)

Low fruit and vegetable intake

1769/3000

1993/3065

59.0

65.0

0.91 (0.87-0.94)

0.90 (0.87-0.94)

Red/processed meat

1512/2999

1271/3066

50.4

41.5

1.22 (1.15-1.29)

1.21 (1.15-1.28)

Obesity

996/2999

916/3070

33.2

29.8

1.11 (1.03-1.20)

1.10 (1.02-1.18)

Sunburn in childhood

1052/2999

909/3068

35.1

29.6

1.18 (1.10-1.27)

1.19 (1.11-1.28)

>70 years of age

1481/2999

1057/3070

49.4

34.4

1.43 (1.35-1.52)

1.41 (1.33-1.50)

Close relative with cancer

893/2998

541/3069

29.8

17.6

1.69 (1.54-1.86)

1.71 (1.56-1.88)

HPV-infection

2291/3000

1978/3069

76.4

64.5

1.18 (1.15-1.22)

1.16(1.12-1.20)

Low physical activity

1063/3000

1127/3069

35.4

36.7

0.96 (0.90-1.03)

0.98 (0.91-1.05)

Use of sunbeds

136/3000

204/3068

4.5

6.6

0.68 (0.55-0.84)

0.74 (0.60-0.92)

Ionizing radiation

305/2998

191/3069

10.2

6.2

1.63 (1.37-1.94)

1.68 (1.41-2.01)

  1. aPrevalence ratios (PRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) with Denmark compared to Sweden
  2. bAdjusted for gender, age, cohabitation, education, country of birth and experience of cancer