The structure and demographic correlates of cancer fear

BMC Cancer

Table 3 Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI)

	Cancer as greatest health fear		Discomfort thinking about cancer		Cancer worry
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Gender
Male	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
Female	1.34* (1.23-1.50)	1.31* (1.18-1.45)	1.21* (1.09-1.33)	1.15 (1.04-1.27)	1.56* (1.39-1.75)	1.48* (1.33-1.67)
Age
< 60 years	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
≥ 60 years	0.92 (0.83-1.01)	0.93 (0.84-1.02)	0.94 (0.85-1.03)	0.95 (0.86-1.05)	0.97 (0.86-1.08)	0.99 (0.88-1.11)
Educational qualifications
Yes	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
No	1.70* (1.53-1.88)	1.66* (1.49-1.84)	1.49* (1.35-1.65)	1.43* (1.29-1.58)	1.52* (1.34-1.71)	1.40* (1.24-1.59)
Ethnicity
White	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
Not White	1.30 (1.01-1.66)	1.24 (0.96-1.59)	1.35 (1.06-1.72)	1.24 (0.97-1.59)	2.06* (1.60-2.65)	1.85* (1.43-2.39)
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
Not married or cohabiting	0.95 (0.84-1.06)	0.91 (0.81-1.03)	1.11 (0.99-1.24)	1.05 (0.93-1.17)	1.17 (1.03-1.33)	1.08 (0.95-1.23)
General health
Excellent/good	-	REF	-	REF	-	REF
Fair/poor		1.05 (0.94-1.18)		1.22* (1.09-1.36)		1.50* (1.33-1.70)
Anxiety
Low	-	REF	-	REF	-	REF
High		1.50* (1.35-1.66)		1.82* (1.64-2.02)		2.11* (1.90-2.42)
Nagelkerke R²	.029	.042	.017	.050	.031	.084
	χ ² (5) = 142.6, p < .001	χ ² (7) = 206.3, p < .001	χ ² (5) = 84.3, p < .001	χ ² (7) = 250.9, p < .001	χ ² (5) = 138.4, p < .001	χ ² (7) = 382.4, p < .001

*p < .001.
Abbreviations: REF reference category, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.
Adjusted ORs and 95% CIs for the demographic predictors only (Model 1), and the demographic predictors combined with general anxiety and general health (Model 2), for each cancer fear indicator.