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Table 4 Factors associated with positive attitude toward renal transplantation

From: Factors affecting willingness to receive a kidney transplant among minority patients at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey

 

Adjusted odds ratio

95 % Confidence interval

Kidney transplant will affect your quality of life compared with dialysis

 

Correctly answered vs. incorrect or didn’t know

5.40

1.97

14.81

Willing to attend a class about kidney transplant

 

Yes vs. No

7.15

1.76

29.05

Not sure vs. No

0.97

0.23

4.08

Source of information about kidney transplant

 

 Any other source(s) vs. Participant’s doctor

3.30

1.13

9.67

Self-reported Kidney transplant knowledge

 

Average and above vs. Below Average

2.67

0.81

8.84

Beliefs on whether a living person can donate a kidney

 

Yes vs. Don’t know

7.31

1.31

40.88

No vs. Don’t know

15.23

0.79

294.29

  1. Model adjusted for age, sex, income and insurance