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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis for each of the main reasons for accepting medication

From: Medication effectiveness may not be the major reason for accepting cardiovascular preventive medication: A population-based survey

Factors

Adjusted** OR (95% CI)

 

“For health reasons”

“Trust in the GP”

“Responsibility towards the family”

 

(n = 332/656***)

(n = 134/656***)

(n = 228/656***)

Age (per year)

0.99 (0.96;1.02)

1.05 (1.01;1.09)

0.98 (0.95;1.01)

Female gender (ref. male)

1.55 (1.12;2.15)

0.86 (0.57;1.31)

0.63 (0.45;0.89)

Short education (<10 years)* (ref. >10 years)

0.41 (0.29;0.59)

1.23 (0.83;1.95)

2.17 (1.50;3.13)

Married or living w/ partner (ref. living alone)

0.57 (0.35;0.91)

2.00 (1.10;3.63)

1.12 (0.67;1.89)

Personal experience w/ cardiovascular disease (ref. no experience)

0.95 (0.68;1.32)

1.41 (0.93;2.14)

0.85 (0.60;1.22)

Family w/ known cardiovascular disease (ref. no family disease)

1.00 (0.72;1.39)

0.78 (0.52;1.19)

1.03 (0.73;1.45)

Numeracy skills (< 2 correct answers) (ref. >2 correct answers)

0.93 (0.61;1.42)

1.06 (0.64;1.76)

1.14 (0.74;1.78)

Household income (per 100,000 DKK)

1.05 (0.96;1.15)

0.80 (0.71;0.90)

1.84 (0.98;1.19)

Extent of medication effectiveness (per% point)

0.97 (0.92;1.03)

0.99 (0.92;1.06)

1.04 (0.98;1.10)

  1. *Short education is defined as education level below lower secondary school including no specialist training or higher academic education.
  2. ** Adjusted OR accounting simultaneously for all 9 independent variables.
  3. *** In total 69 missing observations due to a missing value for one or more independent variables.