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

Table 6 Multivariate analysis of use of genetic tests within the Visegrad countries

Factors		Univariate analysis				Multivariate analysis
Factors		β	P-value	95% CI		β	P-value	95% CI
Sex	Female/Male	0.78	< 0.001*	0.54	1.01	0.77	< 0.001*	0.54	1.00
Age	40–65/18–39	0.02	< 0.001*	0.01	0.03	0.02	< 0.001*	0.01	0.03
Education	High school/ Primary or vocational secondary	0.81	< 0.001*	0.55	1.07	0.54	< 0.001*	0.28	0.80
Education	Higher/ Primary or vocational secondary	1.17	< 0.001*	0.85	1.49	0.73	< 0.001*	0.41	1.05
Marital status	Married/Other	0.13	0.299	−0.11	0.36	−0.04	0.733	−0.28	0.20
Religious	Yes/No	−1.00	< 0.001*	−1.25	−0.74	0.20	< 0.001*	0.11	0.29
Genetic testing (self, partner, children)	Yes/No	−0.45	0.010*	−0.79	− 0.11	−0.34	0.046*	−0.68	− 0.01
Hungary(HUN)	SK/HUN	−2.01	< 0.001*	−2.34	− 1.69	− 1.66	< 0.001*	− 1.99	− 1.32
	CZ/HUN	−0.73	< 0.001*	− 1.05	− 0.40	−0.70	< 0.001*	− 1.04	−0.37
	PL/HUN	− 1.9	< 0.001*	− 2.22	− 1.58	−1.56	< 0.001*	− 1.89	− 1.22
Slovakia(SK)	HUN/SK	2.01	< 0.001*	1.69	2.34	1.66	< 0.001*	1.32	1.99
	CZ/SK	1.28	< 0.001*	0.96	1.61	0.95	< 0.001*	0.61	1.30
	PL/SK	0.11	0.499	−0.21	0.44	0.10	0.543	−0.22	0.43
Czechia(CZ)	HUN/CZ	0.73	< 0.001*	0.40	1.05	0.70	< 0.001*	0.37	1.04
	SK/CZ	−1.28	< 0.001*	−1.61	−0.96	−0.95	< 0.001*	− 1.30	− 0.61
	PL/CZ	−1.17	< 0.001*	−1.50	−0.85	−0.85	< 0.001*	− 1.21	−0.49
Poland(PL)	HUN/PL	1.90	< 0.001*	1.58	2.22	1.56	< 0.001*	1.22	1.89
	SK/PL	−0.11	0.499	−0.44	0.21	−0.10	0.543	−0.43	0.22
	CZ/PL	1.17	< 0.001*	0.85	1.50	0.85	< 0.001*	0.49	1.21

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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