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Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratios associating a "good" level of knowledge of modifiable risk factors with specific demographic variables

From: Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of Coronary Atherosclerotic Heart Disease (CASHD) among a sample in India

Demographic

Crude odds ratio

95% CI

*Adjusted odds ratio

95% CI

Age

    

-Less than or equal to 35

1.00

-

confounding variable

 

-Greater than 35

0.59

(0.34–1.02)

  

Gender

    

-Male

1.00

-

confounding variable

 

-Female

0.816

(0.40–1.65)

  

Exercise

    

-No

1.00

-

1.00

-

-Yes**

6.42

(3.48–11.28)

8.41**

(4.29–16.46)

Level of formal education received

    

-Less than or equal to 5 years

1.00

-

1.00

-

-6–10 years

0.82

(0.16–4.01)

0.91

(0.16–5.01)

-Bachelors or some college

3.36

(0.79–14.26)

3.64

(0.83–16.01)

-Graduate school

3.61

(0.77–17.00)

3.98

(0.83–19.29)

History of Smoking cigarettes

    

-Current smoker

1.00

-

1.00

-

-Former smoker**

38.6

(11.83–126.04)

48.28**

(13.9–167.58)

-Never smoked**

7.34

(2.4–21.94)

8.25**

(2.53–26.72)

Known diagnosis of Hypertension

    

-No

1.00

-

confounding variable

 

-Yes

1.46

(0.58–3.67)

  

Known diagnosis of DM

    

-No

1.00

-

confounding variable

 

-Yes

1.42

(0.087–22.94)

  

Known history of Myocardial Infarction

    

-No

1.00

-

Confounding variable

 

-Yes

0.49

(0.15–1.60)

  
  1. *Adjusted for confounding variables of knowledge such as age, gender, and known medical history of hypertension, DM and myocardial infarction.
  2. ** Demographic variables significantly associated with a "good" level of knowledge
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