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Table 5 Factors associated with knowledge of cervical cancer among university students

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of young people in Zimbabwe on cervical cancer and HPV, current screening methods and vaccination

Factors associated with knowledge of cervical cancer among university students

University students

 

Univariate model

Adjusted Odds Ratio (AORs) Final model

Variable

 

Odds Ratio

p

AOR

p

95% Conf. Interval

Smoker

 

4.36

0.074

7.80

0.025

1.29

47.21

Residence

Reference grp (High-density)

     

Low-density

4.37

0.073

4.25

0.085

0.82

22.02

Rural

1.93

0.593

2.12

0.554

0.18

25.47

Province

Reference grp (Harare*)

     

Midlands

0.18

0.113

0.13

0.079

0.01

1.26

Masvingo

0.20

0.137

0.17

0.122

0.02

1.62

Manicaland

0.35

0.332

0.28

0.250

0.03

2.46

age**

 

0.79

0.300

    

drinking alcohol

0.48

0.309

    

Gender

 

1.96

0.319

    
  1. *Mashonaland West was combined with Harare since there was no difference between the two provinces
  2. **Age as a continuous variable is liner in relation to the logit (Box-Tidwell test p-value = 0.241)
  3. Post regression tests were conducted to check the model fit. Area under the ROC curve = 0.70 for the final model; Hosmer and Lemeshow Goodness of fit test p-values = 0.09; 0.12 and 0.17 respectively (8, 10 and 12 groups)