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Table 2 Multivariate Analysis: Predictors of Knowledge about Brain Involvement, Warning Symptoms, and Risk Factors for Stroke.

From: Perception of stroke and knowledge of potential risk factors among Omani patients at increased risk for stroke

Variables

Brain Injury

Symptoms & signs

Risk factors

 

OR (95%CI)

p-value

OR (95%CI)

p-value

OR (95%CI)

p-value

Age (years)

 

<0.0001

 

0.002

 

0.013

   > 50

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

   ≤ 50

3.05 (1.89, 4.92)

 

2.26 (1.35, 3.81)

 

1.81 (1.13, 2.89)

 

Sex

 

0.007

 

0.647

 

0.158

   Female

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

   Male

1.91 (1.20, 3.03)

 

1.11 (0.71, 1.72)

 

1.35 (0.89, 2.06)

 

Education

 

<0.0001

 

0.002

 

<0.0001

   Up to secondary

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

   College & above

7.42 (3.47, 15.89)

 

6.91 (2.07, 22.99)

 

19.23 (4.58, 80.81)

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