Research Article

Awareness Levels about Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Early Warning Signs, and Screening and Therapeutic Approaches among Iranian Adult Women: A large Population Based Study Using Latent Class Analysis

Table 8

Multivariable odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI OR) of OR for the association of potential determinants of awareness level about therapeutic approaches.

Independent variables1Coefficients (SE)-value
( value)
Odds ratio (OR)95% CI OR

Age−0.005 (0.01)−0.49 (0.63)0.99(0.98, 1.01)
Marital status (married)0.25 (0.21)1.21 (0.23)1.28(0.85, 1.93)
Level of education2
 12 years formal education 0.63 (0.25)2.52 (0.01)1.87(1.15, 3.07)
 University graduate1.28 (0.24)5.35 (0.0)3.60(2.24, 5.77)
Family history (Yes) 0.40 (0.23)1.79 (0.08)1.49(0.96, 2.32)
Personal history (Yes) 0.84 (0.47)1.80 (0.07)2.32(0.93, 5.77)
Attending in screening and educational program (Yes)0.95 (0.32)2.99 (0.003)2.58(1.39, 4.81)

Class 2 was considered as reference category in LCR model.
2Reference: Less than 12 years formal education, less educated or illiterate.