Investigating the knowledge of and public attitudes towards genetic testing within the Visegrad countries: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of personal benefits within the Visegrad countries

Factors		Univariate analysis				Multivariate analysis
Factors		β	P-value	95% CI		β	P-value	95% CI
Sex	Female/Male	0.29	< 0.001*	0.14	0.44	0.27	< 0.001*	0.12	0.42
Age	40–65/18–39	0.01	0.035*	0.001	0.01	0.01	0.006*	0.003	0.02
Education	High school/ Primary or vocational secondary	0.49	< 0.001*	0.32	0.66	0.39	< 0.001*	0.23	0.56
Education	Higher/ Primary or vocational secondary	0.63	< 0.001*	0.43	0.83	0.49	< 0.001*	0.28	0.70
Marital status	Married/Other	−0.07	0.364	−0.22	0.08	−0.14	0.067	−0.30	0.01
Religious	Yes/No	− 0.49	< 0.001*	− 0.65	− 0.33	0.09	0.004*	0.03	0.15
Genetic testing (self, partner, children)	Yes/No	−0.34	0.002*	−0.56	− 0.12	− 0.28	0.013*	− 0.49	− 0.06
Hungary(HUN)	SK/HUN	− 0.76	< 0.001*	− 0.97	− 0.55	− 0.57	< 0.001*	− 0.78	−0.35
	CZ/HUN	−0.28	0.010*	−0.48	− 0.07	− 0.24	0.028*	− 0.46	− 0.03
	PL/HUN	−1.02	< 0.001*	−1.23	− 0.81	− 0.83	< 0.001*	−1.04	− 0.61
Slovakia(SK)	HUN/SK	0.76	< 0.001*	0.55	0.97	0.57	< 0.001*	0.35	0.78
	CZ/SK	0.49	< 0.001*	0.28	0.70	0.32	0.005*	0.10	0.54
	PL/SK	−0.26	0.016*	−0.47	− 0.05	− 0.26	0.016*	− 0.47	− 0.05
Czechia(CZ)	HUN/CZ	0.28	0.010*	0.07	0.48	0.24	0.028*	0.03	0.46
	SK/CZ	−0.49	< 0.001*	−0.70	− 0.28	−0.32	0.005*	−0.54	− 0.10
	PL/CZ	−0.74	< 0.001*	−0.95	− 0.53	− 0.58	< 0.001*	− 0.81	−0.35
Poland(PL)	HUN/PL	1.02	< 0.001*	0.81	1.23	0.83	< 0.001*	0.61	1.04
	SK/PL	0.26	0.016*	0.05	0.47	0.26	0.016*	0.05	0.47
	CZ/PL	0.74	< 0.001*	0.53	0.95	0.58	< 0.001*	0.35	0.81

β Beta coefficient, CI Confidence interval, P Significance of statistical test; Reference groups are in bold; *Significant findings (P < 0.05)

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