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Relationship of consent to store blood with selected socio-cultural, economic and demographic characteristics. Among 854 urban Indigenous Australian research participants who completed a questionnaire and provided a fasting blood sample in 2003–2005. |
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| % of total |
% who agreed to long-term storage |
Unadjusted model |
Age-adjusted model |
Final model†‡ (n = 770) |
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| OR* |
95% CI* |
OR* |
95% CI* |
OR* |
95% CI* |
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| Sex |
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| Male |
31.6 |
59.6 |
1.08 |
0.81, 1.45 |
1.10 |
0.82, 1.47 |
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| Female |
68.4 |
57.7 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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| Age group‡ |
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| 15–44 |
71.0 |
55.3 |
1.0 |
--- |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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| 45–81 |
29.0 |
65.7 |
1.55 |
1.14, 2.11 |
--- |
1.49 |
1.04, 2.13 |
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| Indigenous group |
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| Aboriginal only |
83.6 |
56.7 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
| Torres Strait Islander only |
5.8 |
70.0 |
1.78 |
0.96, 3.32 |
1.78 |
0.95, 3.33 |
1.85 |
0.96, 3.57 |
| Both Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander |
10.5 |
64.4 |
1.38 |
0.88, 2.18 |
1.40 |
0.89, 2.22 |
1.59 |
0.97, 2.60 |
| Age left school§ |
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| < 14 years or never went |
5.4 |
56.5 |
0.99 |
0.54, 1.81 |
0.77 |
0.41, 1.46 |
0.84 |
0.42, 1.69 |
| 14–15 years |
22.7 |
63.5 |
1.33 |
0.95, 1.86 |
1.18 |
0.84, 1.68 |
1.49 |
1.02, 2.18 |
| ≥ 16 years or still at school |
71.9 |
56.7 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
| In full-time employment§ |
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| Yes |
43.7 |
57.5 |
0.93 |
0.71, 1.23 |
0.94 |
0.71, 1.24 |
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| No |
56.3 |
59.2 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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| Housing tenure§ |
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| Owned or being purchased |
42.5 |
61.3 |
1.24 |
0.94, 1.64 |
1.21 |
0.91, 1.60 |
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| Rented or other tenure |
57.5 |
56.1 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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| Private health insurance§ |
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| Yes |
24.5 |
65.8 |
1.54 |
1.09, 2.16 |
1.50 |
1.06, 2.11 |
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| No |
75.5 |
55.6 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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| Smoking status§ |
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| Current smoker |
43.5 |
52.2 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
| Former smoker |
24.2 |
60.8 |
1.42 |
1.00, 2.01 |
1.35 |
0.95, 1.91 |
1.24 |
0.85, 1.80 |
| Never smoker |
32.3 |
64.0 |
1.63 |
1.18, 2.24 |
1.59 |
1.15, 2.20 |
1.48 |
1.04, 2.10 |
| Identifies with clan, tribal, language group§ |
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| Yes |
61.2 |
59.8 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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| No |
38.8 |
56.7 |
0.88 |
0.66, 1.17 |
0.94 |
0.71, 1.26 |
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| Has non-Indigenous grandparents§ |
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| Yes |
69.3 |
63.8 |
1.90 |
1.40, 2.58 |
1.98 |
1.45, 2.70 |
2.07 |
1.50, 2.85 |
| No |
30.7 |
48.1 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
| Identifies as member of Stolen Generations§, ¶ |
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| Yes |
27.1 |
63.6 |
1.34 |
0.96, 1.86 |
1.27 |
0.91, 1.77 |
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| No |
72.9 |
56.7 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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| Staff member who witnessed consent is Indigenous§ |
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| Yes |
40.9 |
63.3 |
1.43 |
1.08, 1.89 |
1.36 |
1.02, 1.80 |
1.43 |
1.05, 1.94 |
| No |
59.1 |
54.8 |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
1.0 |
--- |
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* OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Both were obtained from a logistic regression model. † Includes all factors for which an estimate is shown. ‡ Similar results were obtained using 10-year age groups. § N = 854 except as indicated: age left school (n = 846); full-time employment (n = 836); housing tenure (n = 844); private health insurance (n = 775); smoking status (n = 842); identifies with clan, tribal or language group (n = 828); has non-Indigenous grandparents (n = 785); identifies as a member of the Stolen Generations (n = 760); Staff member who witnessed the consent is Indigenous (n = 853). ¶ A term referring to Indigenous people who were forcibly removed from their families as children by police or welfare officers as part of government assimilation policies [11]. | ||||||||
Cunningham and Dunbar Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2007 4:7 doi:10.1186/1742-5573-4-7 |
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