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Table 4 Multivariable analysis of the determinants of screening in or outside the population BC screening

From: Coverage determinants of breast cancer screening in Flanders: an evaluation of the past decade

Variable

Model 1a

Model 2b

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Age group

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 50–54 year

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 55–59 year

1.039 (1.015–1.065)

 

1.207 (1.179–1.235)

 

 60–64 year

1.018 (0.994–1.042)

 

1.217 (1.190–1.244)

 

 65–69 year

0.928 (0.907–0.949)

 

1.142 (1.117–1.167)

 

BC screening

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Population BC screening

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 Non-population BC screening

0.224 (0.220–0.229)

 

0.303 (0.295–0.312)

 

Population and households

 number of residents (105 residents)

0.983 (0.965–1.001)

0.059

0.996 (0.985–1.007)

0.444

 population density (1000 residents per km2)

0.929 (0.906–0.952)

< 0.001

0.647 (0.634–0.660)

< 0.001

 same address as last year (compared to all residents)

1.008 (0.998–1.018)

0.123

1.005 (0.995–1.015)

0.309

 non-Belgian nationality (compared to all residents)

1.0005 (0.9984–1.0025)

0.654

0.9997 (0.9982–1.0012)

0.719

 average household size

0.894 (0.809–0.988)

0.028

0.580 (0.522–0.645)

< 0.001

Welfare and poverty

 women with equivalent living wages (compared to all women)

0.972 (0.934–1.012)

0.164

0.987 (0.947–1.029)

0.532

 share of borrowers with at least one overdue loan (compared to all borrowers)

0.989 (0.976–1.002)

0.092

0.989 (0.978–1.001)

0.067

 job seekers (compared to all residents)

1.073 (1.051–1.095)

< 0.001

1.250 (1.226–1.273)

< 0.001

Health can handicap

 diabetes (compared to all residents)

0.964 (0.952–0.976)

< 0.001

0.985 (0.973–0.997)

0.016

 dental visit (compared to all residents)

1.005 (1.003–1.007)

< 0.001

1.016 (1.015–1.018)

< 0.001

Interaction terms

  age group × BC screening

   

< 0.001

  NPS × 50–54 year

  

ref

 

  NPS × 55–59 year

  

0.668 (0.642–0.694)

 

  NPS × 60–64 year

  

0.612 (0.589–0.636)

 

  NPS × 65–69 year

  

0.554 (0.533–0.576)

 

 NPS × population density

  

2.528 (2.455–2.606)

< 0.001

 NPS × average household size

  

3.797 (3.199–4.508)

< 0.001

 NPS × job seekers

  

0.641 (0.624–0.658)

< 0.001

 NPS × status of diabetes

  

0.942 (0.921–0.962)

< 0.001

 NPS × dental visit

  

0.969 (0.967–0.972)

< 0.001

  1. amodel 1: multivariable regression model including all significant covariates of the univariate regression
  2. bmodel 2: multivariable regression model including two-way interaction terms between screening strategies and the significant covariates in model 1
  3. NPS Non-population BC screening