Knowledge of Signs and Symptoms of Heart Attack and Stroke among Singapore Residents

Table 4

Multiple logistic regression analysis of factors associated with high heart attack and stroke knowledge score.

	Heart attack knowledge score; Adjusted OR^a (95% CI^b)	Stroke knowledge score; Adjusted OR^a (95% CI^b)
Age (years)
≤35	1.0	1.0
36–49	1.0 (0.8, 1.1)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)
≥50	0.9 (0.8, 1.1)	0.9 (0.8, 1.1)
Gender
Female	1.0	1.0
Male	0.8 (0.7, 0.9) *	0.8 (0.7, 0.9) *
Race
Chinese	1.0	1.0
Malay	1.2 (1.0, 1.5)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)
Indian	1.0 (0.8, 1.3)	1.0 (0.8, 1.2)
Others	1.2 (0.8, 1.7)	0.7 (0.5, 1.0)
Educational level
PSLE^#/“O-”/“N-” Levels	1.0	1.0
“A-” Levels/Diploma	1.4 (1.2, 1.7) *	1.3 (1.1,  1.5) *
Degree	1.4 (1.2,  1.8) *	1.3 (1.1,  1.6) *
Occupational status
Employed	1.0	1.0
Unemployed/retired	0.7 (0.6,  0.8) *	0.8 (0.7,  0.9) *

#PSLE: Primary School Leaving Examination; *𝑃<0.05; aOR: odds ratio; bCI: confidence intervals.