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Table 4 Logistic Regression: Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios

From: Higher educational attainment associated with reduced likelihood of abnormal cervical lesions among Zambian women - a cross sectional study

Variable

UOR

(95% CI)

P-value

** AOR

(95% CI)

P-value

Age at screening - Complete cases: 11,554 (80.8%)

 15–24

1.00

 

1.00

 

 25–34

1.11 (0.93–1.32)

0.25

0.85 (0.65–1.12)

0.25

 35+

1.20 (1.02–1.42)

0.03

0.83 (0.63–1.09)

0.18

Marital status - Complete cases: 13,858 (96.9%)

 Never been married

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Married

0.90 (0.76–1.06)

0.21

0.71 (0.51–0.98)

0.04

 Separated, widowed, divorced

1.50 (1.24–1.81)

<0.001

0.85 (0.59–1.23)

0.39

Educational attainment – Complete cases: 13,843 (96.8%)

 No formal Education

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Primary Education

0.86 (0.71–1.04)

0.13

0.74 (0.52–1.07)

0.11

 Secondary Education

0.82 (0.67–0.99)

0.04

0.74 (0.51–1.07)

0.11

 Tertiary

0.62 (0.50–0.78)

<0.001

0.48 (0.30–0.77)

0.002

Household income – Complete cases: 8666 (60.6%)

 Less than K100

1.00

   

 K100-K499

2.16 (1.43–3.27)

<0.001

*

*

 K500-K999

2.35 (1.69–3.27)

<0.001

  

 K1,000-K5,000

1.67 (1.24–2.27)

<0.001

  

 Above K5,000

1.26 (0.96–1.65)

0.10

  

Occupation – Complete cases: 12,848 (89.9%)

 House wife

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Formal employment

0.74 (0.62–0.88)

0.001

0.92 (0.66–1.28)

0.61

 Informal employment

0.79 (0.69–0.91)

0.001

0.73 (0.55–0.95)

0.02

 Other

1.27 (1.08–1.50)

0.003

1.01 (0.75–1.35)

0.97

Screening center – Complete cases: 14,294 (100%)

 Choma General Hospital

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Kasama General Hospital

0.63 (0.43–0.94)

0.02

0.64 (0.35–1.17)

0.15

 Kitwe Central Hospital

3.47 (2.45–4.92)

<0.001

4.16 (2.46–7.03)

<0.001

 Livingstone General Hospital

0.96 (0.67–1.38)

0.83

1.46 (0.75–2.83)

0.26

 Mansa General Hospital

4.99 (3.53–7.04)

<0.001

6.86 (4.11–11.44)

<0.001

 Mosi-oa-tuntya Clinic

1.71 (1.13–2.59)

0.01

1.51 (0.80–2.84)

0.21

 Ndola Central Hospital

2.78 (1.97–3.91)

<0.001

3.91 (2.38–6.42)

<0.001

 Solwezi General Hospital

1.13 (0.79–1.61)

0.50

1.65 (0.95–2.88)

0.08

 St. Francis’ Hospital

1.65 (1.16–2.36)

0.01

1.68 (1.00–2.83)

0.05

Ever smoked cigarette – Complete cases: 13,350 (93.4%)

 No

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

1.87 (1.41–2.48)

<0.001

1.34 (0.86–2.07)

0.19

Age at 1st pregnancy – Complete cases: 12,160 (85.1%)

 Less than 20 years (Adolescents)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 20+ years

0.90 (0.80–1.01)

0.08

0.83 (0.67–1.04)

0.10

Age at sexual debut – Complete cases: 13,398 (93.7%)

 Less than 20 years

1.00

 

1.00

 

 20+ years

0.87 (0.76–0.99)

0.03

1.15 (0.89–1.49)

0.27

Number of sexual life partners - Complete cases: 13,660 (95.6%)

 5 or more

1.00

 

1.00

 

 One sexual partner

0.63 (0.53–0.76)

<0.001

0.83 (0.62–1.12)

0.22

 Two sexual partners

0.77 (0.65–0.93)

0.01

0.98 (0.74–1.29)

0.87

 three or four

0.83 (0.69–0.99)

0.04

0.97 (0.75–1.26)

0.84

Condom use with regular sexual partner – Complete cases: 11,774 (82.4%)

 Always used a condom

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Never used a condom

1.08 (0.76–1.52)

0.68

1.15 (0.70–1.90)

0.57

 Used a condom sometimes

1.12 (0.79–1.58)

0.54

1.38 (0.84–2.26)

0.20

 Used a condom almost all the time

1.64 (1.04–2.36)

0.03

1.64 (0.89–3.02)

0.12

HIV status – Complete cases: 11,118 (77.8%)

 Negative

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Positive

2.07 (1.82–2.36)

<0.001

1.91 (1.57–2.33)

<0.001

  1. 5917 (41.4%) complete cases were included in multiple logistic regression analysis
  2. *The variable was not included in multivariate logistic regression analysis as it had a lot of missing data (39.4%)
  3. **Adjusted odds ratios: Adjustment variables; age at screening, marital status, education, screening center, occupation, cigarette smoking, age at sexual debut, number of sexual life partners, condom use with regular sexual partner and HIV status