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Table 6 The association of differences of KAP scores between age, educational and socioeconomic groups†

From: The effect of nutrition education for cancer prevention based on health belief model on nutrition knowledge, attitude, and practice of Iranian women

 

Differences in knowledge score

Differences in attitude score

Differences in practice score

 

Overall

Q3

Overall

Overall

Q14⁕⁕

Q17⁕⁕⁕

Age1

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

OR (CI)

 20–41

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 42–50

0.87 (0.42–1.80)

0.97 (0.46–2.01)

0.97 (0.46–2.04)

1.13 (0.55–2.31)

0.79 (0.38–1.63)

0.96 (0.41–2.23)

 51–69

1.29 (0.60–2.77)

1.59 (0.74–3.39)

0.94 (0.44–1.99)

0.84 (0.41–1.74)

1.40 (0.65–3.03)

1.06 (0.42–2.65)

P for trend

0.54

0.25

0.87

0.69

0.46

0.91

Educational status2

      

 Primary

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Diploma

1.27 (0.44–3.60)

1.21 (0.42–3.46)

1.09 (0.38–3.10)

1.23 (0.43–3.48)

3.15 (1.06–9.29)

0.76 (0.23–2.48)

 University

2.17 (0.66–7.11)

6.27 (1.72–22.7)

2.75 (0.80–9.46)

1.72 (0.53–5.55)

6.07 (1.71–21.57)

0.52 (0.12–2.09)

P for trend

0.13

0.001

0.04

0.29

0.006

0.36

Socioeconomic status2

      

 Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Medium

0.89 (0.41–1.89)

0.71 (0.33–1.52)

0.96 (0.45–2.06)

1.17 (0.56–2.44)

0.69 (0.32–1.49)

1.19 (0.48–2.90)

 High

0.60 (0.28–1.28)

0.39 (0.18–0.83)

0.99 (0.46–2.11)

0.92 (0.44–1.90)

0.57 (0.26–1.22)

1.84 (0.77–4.42)

P for trend

0.21

0.01

0.98

0.82

0.15

0.16

  1. Significant P value (< 0.05) was bolded
  2. 1adjusted for socioeconomic
  3. 2adjusted for age
  4. Q3 = What is the normal range of BMI for adults?
  5. ⁕⁕ Q14 = Do you use food labels when choosing food?
  6. ⁕⁕⁕ Q17 = Do you use high-fat dairy?
  7. Obtained from logistic regression. OR has been computed by considering subjects over medium scores as one and lower medium scores as zero