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Table 4 Explorative analyses of factors associated with preventive behaviours after breast cancer risk feedback with tailored prevention recommendations

From: Women’s health behaviour change after receiving breast cancer risk estimates with tailored screening and prevention recommendations

Characteristic

Started medication

Changed diet

Increased exercise

Limited alcohol intake

Multi-adjusteda

Multi-adjusteda

Multi-adjusteda

Multi-adjusteda

ORb (95% CI)

ORb (95% CI)

ORb (95% CI)

ORb (95% CI)

Self-reported breast cancer risk

 Low

n/a

0.79f (0.29, 2.16)

1.71 (0.80, 3.66)

1.22f (0.54, 2.77)

 Average

n/a

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Moderate

0.12f (0.04, 0.39)

2.57 (1.19, 5.55)

0.89 (0.43, 1.85)

1.26 (0.60, 2.64)

 High

Reference

4.60 (2.03, 10.42)

2.18 (1.05, 4.56)

1.44 (0.64, 3.24)

Ageg

1.13 (1.01, 1.28)

0.98 (0.92, 1.05)

1.01 (0.96, 1.07)

1.01 (0.95, 1.07)

Education

 Lower

0.61f (0.15, 2.41)

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Higher secondary

2.05 (0.64, 6.62)

1.42 (0.63, 3.22)

1.08 (0.52, 2.23)

1.14 (0.53, 2.49)

 Higher vocational

Reference

1.13 (0.50, 2.55)

1.11 (0.55, 2.27)

0.78 (0.36, 1.67)

BMIh

0.98 (0.84, 1.14)

1.24 (1.13, 1.36)

1.10 (1.01, 1.19)

0.99 (0.91, 1.08)

FDRc breast cancer

 No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Yes

0.42 (0.13, 1.37)

1.11 (0.57, 2.13)

1.70 (0.93, 3.11)

1.05 (0.56, 1.98)

Benign breast disease

 No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Yes

0.83 (0.29, 2.37)

0.88 (0.47, 1.64)

0.75 (0.43, 1.30)

1.02 (0.57, 1.83)

Previous breast biopsy

 No

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Yes

1.76 (0.31, 9.89)

1.31 (0.55, 3.16)

0.90 (0.40, 2.00)

2.01 (0.83, 4.91)

Co-morbidity

 0–1

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 ≥ 2

1.37 (0.48, 3.93)

1.42 (0.75, 2.70)

0.62 (0.35, 1.11)

0.77 (0.42, 1.41)

General healthi

1.00 (0.95, 1.04)

1.00 (0.98, 1.02)

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

1.00 (0.98, 1.03)

Life events

 0–1

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 ≥ 2

0.47 (0.15, 1.41)

0.63 (0.32, 1.22)

0.92 (0.52, 1.64)

0.53 (0.27, 1.06)

Health anxietyj

0.88 (0.77, 1.00)

1.04 (0.97, 1.12)

1.01 (0.94, 1.07)

1.00 (0.94, 1.08)

Current medication used

 No

Reference

n/a

n/a

n/a

 Yes

1.09 (0.38, 3.18)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Beliefs about medicinese

 Harm

0.92 (0.72, 1.17)

n/a

n/a

n/a

 Overuse

0.89 (0.74, 1.06)

n/a

n/a

n/a

  1. a Adjusted for age, education, BMI, first degree relative with breast cancer, benign breast disease, general health, breast cancer risk, and health anxiety; b Odds ratios in bold are significant with p < 0.05; c FDR first degree relative; d Additionally adjusted for beliefs about medicines; e Additionally adjusted for current medication use; f Estimate based on a subgroup with fewer than 10 study participants; g Age per 1 year increase; h BMI per 1 point increase; i General health per one point increase; j Health anxiety per one point increase