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Table 5 Univariate and multiple logistic regression of the associations between baseline variables of the study participants and knowledge score (high vs. low) (should be placed after line 208)

From: Public insight into knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study from the West Bank, Palestine

Dependent variable

Category

Low Knowledge

High Knowledge

OR (univariable)

aOR (multivariable)

Gender

Male

110 (70.5)

46 (29.5)

-

-

Female

368 (64.7)

201 (35.3)

1.31 (0.89–1.93, p = 0.174)

1.22 (0.83–1.83, p = 0.311)

Age group

≤â¶Ä‰25

305 (63.7)

174 (36.3)

-

-

&²µ³Ù; 25

173 (70.3)

73 (29.7)

0.74 (0.53–1.03, p = 0.074)

0.66 (0.40–1.10, p = 0.115)

Education

Pre-University

69 (71.9)

27 (28.1)

-

-

University| Postgrad

409 (65.0)

220 (35.0)

1.37 (0.86–2.24, p = 0.188)

1.23 (0.76–2.05, p = 0.410)

Marital status

Divorced| Widow

9 (81.8)

2 (18.2)

-

-

Married

178 (67.4)

86 (32.6)

2.17 (0.55–14.46, p = 0.327)

2.12 (0.52–14.25, p = 0.347)

Single

291 (64.7)

159 (35.3)

2.46 (0.62–16.26, p = 0.254)

1.79 (0.43–12.17, p = 0.471)

Know someone with osteoarthritis

Yes

271 (64.7)

148 (35.3)

-

-

No

207 (67.6)

99 (32.4)

0.88 (0.64–1.20, p = 0.405)

0.80 (0.58–1.10, p = 0.174)