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Table 5 Possible predictors of adequate knowledge using univariate and multivariate logistic regression

	Univariate logistic regression			Multivariate logistic regression
	OR	95% CI	P^¥	OR	95% CI	P^¥
Gender
Males^Ω
Females	0.814	0.442–1.497	0.508	0.288	0.068–1.223	0.091
Age
20–50^Ω
51–65	0.175	0.082–0.376	< 0.001	0.559	0.559–0.134	0.425
66–75	0.152	0.062–0.371	< 0.001	0.760	0.760–0.094	0.797
76–85	0.039	0.005–0.311	0.002	0.648	0.648–0.033	0.776
Marital status
Single^Ω
Married	0.395	0.187–0.832	0.015	0.941	0.211–4.203	0.936
Divorced	0.343	0.059–1.986	0.232	0.092	0.007–1.166	0.066
Widower	0.064	0.017–0.243	< 0.001	0.414	0.037–4.613	0.473
Educational level
Lower than high school^Ω
High school only	2.847	0.965–8.406	0.058	1.650	0.388–7.029	0.498
University, college	25.200	8.763–72.471	< 0.001	15.571	2.856–84.910	0.002
Monthly income
≤ 300 JOD^Ω
> 300 JOD	3.561	1.899–6.675	< 0.001	0.364	0.094–1.405	0.142
Smoking history
Nonsmoker^Ω
Smoker	1.965	1.052–3.670	0.034	0.691	0.205–2.332	0.552
Working status
Unemployed^Ω
Working	6.323	2.988–13.380	< 0.001	1.378	0.306–6.211	0.676
Retired	1.920	0.849–4.342	0.117	0.554	0.088–3.487	0.529
Educational orientation
No^Ω
Yes	38.907	15.730–96.230	< 0.001	28.013	8.872–88.447	< 0.001

^Ω: Reference; JOD Jordanian Dinar; ^¥: Using logistic regression; Statistical significance P < 0.05 (in Bold)

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