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Table 3 Factors affecting prostate cancer screening practice

From: Assessment of knowledge, practice and attitude towards prostate cancer screening among male patients aged 40 years and above at Kitwe Teaching Hospital, Zambia

Factors

Odds ratio

95% Confidence interval

p value

Age

4.662

1.319–16.480

0.017

Education

3.773

1.058–13.451

0.041

Heard of prostate cancer

3.970

0.794–19.860

0.093

Attitude

0.468

0.011–19.504

0.690

Knowledge

6.114

1.276–29.286

0.023

Family history of cancer

25.673

3.107–212.109

0.003