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Table 4 Lack of awareness of risk factors for Denmark vs. Sweden. Interaction and stratification by age

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

Risk factor

Interaction

PR (95 % CI)a

Country* age

Age 30-39

Age 40-49

Age 50-59

Age 60-69

Age 70+

p-value

     

Smoking

0.973

--b

--b

2.37 (0.96-5.84)

2.47 (1.39-4.39)

1.73 (1.00-3.01)

Second-hand smoke

0.602

--b

--b

2.39 (1.61-3.54)

2.19 (1.61-2.97)

2.36 (1.71-3.25)

Alcohol intake

<0.001

0.91 (0.79-1.04)

1.08 (0.96-1.21)

0.97 (0.87-1.07)

1.12 (1.03-1.23)

1.27 (1.15-1.39)

Low fruit and vegetable intake

0.347

0.93 (0.84-1.04)

0.95 (0.86-1.05)

0.84 (0.77-0.91)

0.94 (0.87-1.01)

0.87 (0.80-0.95)

Red/processed meat

<0.001

1.25 (1.08-1.44)

1.43 (1.26-1.63)

1.25 (1.10-1.42)

1.22 (1.09-1.37)

0.98 (0.86-1.11)

Obesity

0.442

1.19 (0.96-1.47)

1.18 (1.00-1.39)

0.99 (0.85-1.16)

1.12 (0.97-1.30)

0.99 (0.82-1.19)

Sunburn in childhood

0.966

1.15 (0.92-1.42)

1.26 (1.04-1.52)

1.14 (0.98-1.34)

1.22 (1.06-1.40)

1.14 (0.98-1.33)

>70 years of age

0.119

1.66 (1.41-1.95)

1.49 (1.30-1.72)

1.28 (1.12-1.46)

1.35 (1.20-1.52)

1.44 (1.26-1.65)

Close relative with cancer

0.010

1.33 (0.97-1.82)

2.02 (1.53-2.67)

1.84 (1.48-2.28)

2.01 (1.67-2.42)

1.38 (1.18-1.62)

HPV-infection

0.204

1.12 (1.01-1.25)

1.16 (1.07-1.26)

1.23 (1.14-1.32)

1.19 (1.12-1.26)

1.11 (1.05-1.18)

Low physical activity

0.181

0.82 (0.66-1.01)

1.04 (0.88-1.21)

0.88 (0.76-1.01)

1.03 (0.90-1.17)

1.02 (0.88-1.18)

Use of sunbeds

0.927

0.81 (0.44-1.51)

0.75 (0.42-1.34)

0.87 (0.55-1.39)

0.60 (0.39-0.92)

0.70 (0.46-1.06)

Ionizing radiation

0.226

--b

1.65 (1.07-2.57)

2.17 (1.31-3.60)

1.85 (1.31-2.59)

1.30 (0.96-1.76)

  1. aPrevalence ratios (PRs) and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) adjusted for gender, cohabitation, education, country of birth and experience of cancer
  2. bModel could not converge due to small cell-sizes