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Factors associated with knowledge of cervical cancer among university students
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University students
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Univariate model
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Adjusted Odds Ratio (AORs) Final model
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Variable
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Odds Ratio
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p
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AOR
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p
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95% Conf. Interval
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Smoker
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4.36
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0.074
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7.80
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0.025
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1.29
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47.21
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Residence
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Reference grp (High-density)
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Low-density
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4.37
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0.073
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4.25
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0.085
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0.82
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22.02
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Rural
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1.93
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0.593
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2.12
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0.554
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0.18
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25.47
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Province
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Reference grp (Harare*)
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Midlands
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0.18
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0.113
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0.13
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0.079
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0.01
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1.26
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Masvingo
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0.20
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0.137
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0.17
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0.122
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0.02
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1.62
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Manicaland
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0.35
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0.332
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0.28
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0.250
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0.03
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2.46
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age**
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0.79
|
0.300
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drinking alcohol
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0.48
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0.309
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Gender
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1.96
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0.319
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*Mashonaland West was combined with Harare since there was no difference between the two provinces
- **Age as a continuous variable is liner in relation to the logit (Box-Tidwell test p-value = 0.241)
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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)
