Knowledge of stroke risk factors among primary care patients with previous stroke or TIA: a questionnaire study

BMC Primary Care

Table 4 Model of factors influencing the knowledge about stroke/TIA risk factors (adjusted for age).

	Univariable	Multivariable
Variable	OR	OR	95% CI	p-value¹⁾
Age	0.971	-	-	-
Family history of cardiovascular disease	2.242	1.871	1.040 - 3.367	0.036*
Atrial fibrillation	2.478	2.822	1.267 - 6.285	0.011*
Diagnosis of cerebral haemorrhage	0.215	0.318	0.129 - 0.783	0.013*
Living alone	0.677	0.490	0.241 - 0.997	0.049*

The table shows a model including factors that significantly influenced the knowledge of stroke/TIA risk factors, adjusted for age. Knowledge of stroke/TIA risk factors is defined as the number of correctly identified factors in the questionnaire, categorized into 3 groups: good, moderate or poor knowledge. Odds ratio (OR) > 1 means that the factor is related to better knowledge, and OR < 1 to poorer knowledge. The univariable OR for the included variables are also given in the table.
1) Results from ordered logistic regression analysis; Statistical significance at level: *) p < 0.05; **) p < 0.01; ***) p < 0.001.

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