Figure 1.
Figure 2.
The association between age, gender and level of education and cancer risk/protective factors awareness in Slovenian adolescents_
| Risk factors | Explanatory factors | Category | UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS* | MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P | OR (95% CI) | P | |||
| Smoking | Age | 1.102 (0.978-1.242) | 0.111 | 1.215 (1.002-1.474) | 0.048 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.025 | 1 | 0.010 | |
| F | 0.593 (0.376-0.936) | 0.542 (0.340-0.865) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | 0.536 | 1 | 0.410 | |
| S | 1.148 (7.742-1.777) | 0.748 (0.376-1.490) | ||||
| Passive smoking | Age | 1.238 (1.111-1.380) | <0.001 | 1.259 (1.053-1.504) | 0.012 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.541 | 1 | 0.831 | |
| F | 1.122 (0.777-1.620) | 0.959 (0.656-1.403) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | 0.003 | 1 | 0.845 | |
| S | 1.772 (1.222-2.572) | 0.941 (0.511-1.732) | ||||
| Alcohol consumption | Age | 0.954 (0.877-1.038) | 0.275 | 1.163 (1.018-1.328) | 0.026 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.004 | 1 | 0.001 | |
| F | 1.573 (1.156-2.141) | 1.765 (1.277-2.438) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | <0.001 | 1 | < 0.001 | |
| S | 0.566 (0.413-0.774) | 0.321 (0.193-0.532) | ||||
| Advancing age | Age | 1.183 (1.060-1.321) | 0.003 | 1.153 (0.965-1.377) | 0.117 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.704 | 1 | 0.284 | |
| F | 0.928 (0.631-1.364) | 0.805 (0.541-1.198) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | 0.007 | 1 | 0.586 | |
| S | 1.701 (1.160-2.495) | 1.190 (0.637-2.224) | ||||
| Genetics | Age | 1.835 (1.601-2.104) | <0.001 | 0.947 (0.759-1.183) | 0.634 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | <0.001 | 1 | 0.001 | |
| F | 2.701 (1.858-3.925) | 1.983 (1.307-3.009) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | < 0.001 | 1 | < 0.001 | |
| S | 10.325 (6.812-15.650) | 10.858 (5.037-23.405) | ||||
| Regular physical activity | Age | 1.065 (0.942-1.203) | 0.315 | 0.836 (0.689-1.014) | 0.069 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.280 | 1 | 0.457 | |
| F | 1.263 (0.827-1.929) | 1.181 (0.761-1.833) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | 0.007 | 1 | 0.003 | |
| S | 1.807 (1.177-2.772) | 2.964 (1.436-6.115) | ||||
| Red meat consumption | Age | 0.950 (0.875-1.031) | 0.216 | 1.123 (0.987-1.278) | 0.077 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.011 | 1 | 0.002 | |
| F | 1.463 (1.090-1.964) | 1.624 (1.194-2.208) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | <0.001 | 1 | <0.001 | |
| S | 0.585 (0.428-0.800) | 0.375 (0.230-0.612) | ||||
| Maintaining healthy body mass | Age | 0.867 (0.793-0.948) | 0.002 | 0.936 (0.818-1.0719 | 0.339 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.732 | 1 | 0.677 | |
| F | 0.946 (0.691-1.297) | 1.072 (0.774-1.484) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | <0.001 | 1 | 0.111 | |
| S | 0.547 (0.383-0.781) | 0.651 (0.384-1.104) | ||||
| UV radiation (sun exposure) | Age | 1.981 (1.653-2.375) | <0.001 | 0.914 (0.679-1.230) | 0.553 | |
| Gender | M | 1 | 0.327 | 1 | 0.251 | |
| F | 1.271 (0.787-2.052) | 0.733 (0.431-1.245) | ||||
| School | P | 1 | <0.001 | 1 | <0.001 | |
| S | 14.504 (8.042-26.160) | 20.248 (6.940-59.073) | ||||
Slovenian adolescents’ knowledge of cancer risk and protective factors_
| Cancer risk and protective factors | Knowledge |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 86% |
| Passive smoking | 81% |
| Advancing age | 82% |
| Alcohol consumption | 38% |
| Red meat consumption | 49% |
| Maintaining healthy body mass | 68% |
| Genetics | 83% |
| Regular physical activity | 87% |
| UV radiation (sun exposure) | 90% |
| Fruit and vegetable consumption | 14% |
| Number of portions of fruit and vegetables | 2.9 portions |
The association between age, gender and level of education and overall cancer knowledge score in Slovenian adolescents_
| Dependent variable: overall cancer score | df* | F* | P* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explanatory variables (main effects) | |||
| School | 1 | 0.678 | 0.411 |
| Gender | 1 | 0.181 | 0.671 |
| Age | 6 | 1.269 | 0.269 |
| Explanatory variables (interactions) | |||
| School * Gender | 1 | 0.417 | 0.519 |
| School * Age | 2 | 0.813 | 0.444 |
| Gender * Age | 6 | 2.437 | 0.024 |