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Table 2 Predictors of risk factor, symptom and screening knowledge: results from the linear regression (risk factors and symptoms) and binary logistic regression (Screening) analyses

From: Ethnic inequalities in older adults bowel cancer awareness: findings from a community survey conducted in an ethnically diverse region in England

Characteristic

Symptom score (multi-item scale)

(n = 912)

Risk factor score (multi-item scale)

(n = 879)

Screening score (single-item scale)

(n = 937)

 

Mean

(0–9)

β coefficient

Unadjusted

[p Value]

β coefficient

Adjusted

[p Value]

Mean

(0–10)

β coefficient

Unadjusted

[p value]

β coefficient

Adjusted

[p Value]

Mean

(0–1)

Unadjusted OR

[p Value]

Adjusted OR (95%CIs)

[p Value]

Total

 Total

4.27

3.99

0.72

Gender

 Male

4.14

Ref

Ref

3.97

Ref

Ref

0.71

Ref

Ref

 Female

4.38

0.04 [0.203]

0.04 [0.171]

4.00

0.01 [0.843]

< 0.01 [0.974]

0.74

1.15 (0.87, 1.53)

[0.330]

0.95 (0.69, 1.32)

[0.771]

Age (Years)

 60–65

4.38

Ref

Ref

3.81

Ref

Ref

0.69

Ref

Ref

 66–69

4.29

−0.1 [0.737]

−0.02 [0.492]

4.34

0.09 [0.027]

0.12 [0.007]

0.75

1.33 (0.93, 1.92)

[0.120]

1.21 (0.80, 1.84)

[0.364]

 70–75

4.29

−0.02 [0.726]

−0.18 [0.659]

4.10

0.05 [0.249]

0.075 [0.085]

0.81

1.94 (1.30, 2.89)

[0.001]

1.70 (1.08, 2.70)

[0.023]

 76+

4.16

−0.03 [0.467]

−0.05 [0.256]

3.57

0.04 [0.410]

−0.04 [0.362]

0.61

0.69 (0.46, 1.04)

[0.074]

0.54 (0.34, 0.85)

[0.009]

Ethnicity

 White British / Irish

5.17

Ref

Ref

4.29

Ref

Ref

0.81

Ref

Ref

 South Asian

3.27

−0.25 [< 0.0001]

−0.28 [< 0.0001]

4.00

− 0.05 [0.200]

− 0.13 [0.083]

0.77

0.78 (0.55, 1.14)

[0.200]

0.87 (0.48, 1.57)

[0.634]

 Any other Asian ethnicity

3.25

−0.21 [< 0.0001]

− 0.24 [0.009]

3.92

− 0.04 [0.388]

− 0.11 [0.252]

0.71

0.56 (0.29, 1.07)

[0.079]

0.67 (0.30, 1.52)

[0.339]

 Afro-Caribbean

3.39

−0.21 [< 0.0001]

− 0.17 [< 0.0001]

3.45

0.09 [0.420]

− 010 [0.043]

0.63

0.40 (0.23, 0.69)

[0.001]

0.38 (0.21, 0.70)

[0.002]

 Somali

2.35

−0.34 [< 0.0001]

− 0.36 [< 0.0001]

2.46

0.22 [< 0.0001]

0.23 [< 0.0001]

0.14

0.04 (0.02, 0.08)

[< 0.0001]

0.05 (0.02, 0.12)

< 0.0001

 Arab

1.94

−0.22 [< 0.0001]

− 0.18 [< 0.0001]

2.44

− 0.12 [0.010]

− 0.10 [0.054]

0.00

0.00 (0.00, i)

[0.998]

0.00 (0.00, i)

[0.998]

 Mixed / Other

4.20

−0.11 [0.012]

−0.03 [0.627]

4.26

−0.00

[0.946]

0.02

[0.689]

0.72

0.48

(0.26, 0.87)

[0.015]

0.57 (0.28, 1.12)

[0.10]

Language

 English

4.89

Ref

Ref

4.20

Ref

Ref

0.78

Ref

Ref

 Any other language

3.34

0.26 [< 0.0001]

0.21 [< 0.0001]

3.71

−0.11 [0.010]

0.06 [0.141]

0.62

2.26 (1.71, 3.01)

[< 0.0001]

1.20 (0.69, 2.11)

[0.556]