Knowledge about HPV and Screening of Cervical Cancer among Women from the Metropolitan Region of Natal, Brazil

Table 5

Distribution of respondents by HPV knowledge level according to the considered variables and associated odds ratio (OR) obtained by univariate logistic regression model.

Characteristic	Number of percentage of women (%) HPV knowledge score					𝑃
	𝑁 = 706	Low or medium	High	OR	CI
Age (years)
14–28	366	346	20 (5.5)	1.00	[Reference]
29–38	180	167	13 (7.2)	1.35	[0.654–2.773]	0.419
39–48	92	73	19 (20.6)	4.50	[2.289–8.859]	0.000
49–59	68	56	12 (17.6)	3.71	[1.718–8.001]	0.001
Education
Elementary school or less	262	261	1 (0.4)	1.00	[Reference]
High school or above	444	381	63 (14.2)	43.16	[5.948–3.130]	0.000
Marital status
Single	253	238	15 (5.9)	1.00	[Reference]
Married or accompanied	453	404	49 (10.8)	1.92	[1.056–3.507]	0.033
Household income
Low income	557	520	37 (6.6)	1.00	[Reference]
Middle or high income	149	122	27 (18.1)	3.11	[1.824–5.305]	0.000
Pregnancy
No	375	359	16 (2.3)	1.00	[Reference]
Yes	331	283	48 (14.5)	3.81	[2.116–6.844]	0.000