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Table 2 Association between chronic morbidities and CCS uptake

From: Cervical cancer screening among women with comorbidities: evidence from the 2022 Tanzania demographic and health survey

Main explanatory variables

Model I

Crude Odds Ratio (COR)

Model II

Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)

Ever diagnosed of hypertension

  

No

Ref.

Ref.

Yes

1.9 [1.6–2.4]***

1.4 [1.1–1.7]**

Positive HIV test result

  

No

Ref.

Ref.

Yes

4.6 [3.6–5.7]***

5.2 [4.0-6.7]***

Educational level

  

No education

Ref.

Ref.

Primary

2.7 [2.1–3.5]***

1.8 [1.4–2.4]***

Secondary

3.9 [2.9–5.2]***

2.3 [1.7–3.2]***

Higher

6.9 [4.2–11.3]***

3.3 [2.0-5.7]***

Age

  

30–34 years

Ref.

Ref.

35–39 years

1.1 [0.9–1.4]

1.2 [0.9–1.5]

40–44 years

1.4 [1.2–1.8]***

1.5 [1.2–1.9]***

45–49 years

1.6 [1.3-2.0]***

1.7 [1.4–2.1]***

Place of residence

  

Urban

Ref.

Ref.

Rural

0.4 [0.3–0.4]***

0.6 [0.5–0.8]***

History STI within last 12 months

  

No

Ref.

Ref.

Yes

1.4 [1.1–1.9]*

1.4 [1.0-1.9]*

Media exposure

  

No

Ref.

Ref.

Yes

2.2 [1.9–2.5]***

1.3 [1.1–1.6]**

Wealth quintile

  

Lower

Ref.

Ref.

Middle

1.6 [1.2–2.1]***

1.3 [0.9–1.7]

Upper

4.0 [3.2-5.0]***

2.2 [1.6–2.9]**

Model Fitness

  

Prob > chi2

-

< 0.001

AIC

-

4268.241

  1. AIC: Akaike Information Criterion; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001