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

Table 5 Multivariate analysis of genetic determinism within the Visegrad countries

Factors		Univariate analysis				Multivariate analysis
Factors		β	P-value	95% CI		β	P-value	95% CI
Sex	Female/Male	−0.02	0.879	−0.25	0.21	0.02	0.859	−0.21	0.26
Age	40–65/18–39	0.01	0.012*	0.003	0.02	0.01	0.062	−0.001	0.02
Education	High school/ Primary or vocational secondary	−0.17	0.204	−0.43	− 0.09	− 0.11	0.400	− 0.38	0.15
Education	Higher/ Primary or vocational secondary	−0.26	0.106	−0.58	− 0.55	− 0.16	0.333	− 0.49	0.17
Marital status	Married/Other	0.27	0.025*	0.03	0.51	0.29	0.021*	0.04	0.53
Religious	Yes/No	0.32	0.013*	0.07	0.57	−0.08	0.104	−0.17	0.02
Genetic testing (self, partner, children)	Yes/No	0.85	< 0.001*	0.51	1.18	0.89	< 0.001*	0.54	1.23
Hungary(HUN)	SK/HUN	0.41	0.014*	0.09	0.74	0.39	0.025*	0.05	0.74
	CZ/HUN	0.08	0.617	−0.24	0.41	0.23	0.196	−0.12	0.57
	PL/HUN	0.35	0.035*	0.02	0.68	0.23	0.186	−0.11	0.57
Slovakia(SK)	HUN/SK	−0.41	0.014*	−0.74	−0.09	− 0.39	0.025*	− 0.74	−0.05
	CZ/SK	−0.33	0.049*	−0.66	− 0.001	− 0.17	0.355	− 0.52	0.19
	PL/SK	−0.06	0.716	−0.39	−0.27	− 0.16	0.341	− 0.49	0.17
Czechia(CZ)	HUN/CZ	−0.08	0.617	− 0.41	0.24	−0.23	0.196	−0.57	0.12
	SK/CZ	0.33	0.049*	0.001	0.66	0.17	0.355	−0.19	0.52
	PL/CZ	0.27	0.109	−0.06	0.60	0.005	0.980	−0.36	0.37
Poland(PL)	HUN/PL	−0.35	0.035*	−0.68	−0.02	− 0.23	0.186	− 0.57	0.11
	SK/PL	0.06	0.716	−0.27	0.39	0.16	0.341	−0.17	0.49
	CZ/PL	−0.27	0.109	−0.6	0.06	−0.005	0.980	−0.37	0.36

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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