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Table 2 Logistic regression for the use of UV in the past 12 months (n = 3321)

From: Exposure to indoor tanning in France: a population based study

Explicative variables

n observed

% weighted

OR

CI 95%

Sex

 

***

  

man (ref.) (n = 1472)

30

2.0

- 1 -

 

woman (n = 1887)

92

5.0

2,8

[1.7; 7.4]

Age (continous)

    

(n = 3359)

122

 

0.95

[0.94; 0.96]

Household Income

    

less than 1 100 Euros (ref.) (n = 921)

31

2.8

- 1 -

 

1100 to 1800 Euros (n = 1156)

40

3.4

1.4

[0.8; 2.4]

1800 Euros and more (n = 1006)

41

4.5

2.3

[1.3; 4.1]

missing (n = 276)

10

3.8

1.1

[0.4; 2.9]

Information about the risks of cancer associated with UV

 

***

  

poorly informed (ref.) (n = 1642)

42

2.6

- 1 -

 

well informed (n = 1686)

80

4.6

2

[1.3; 3.3]

UV exposition is a possible cause of cancer

 

***

  

yes (ref.) (n = 2966)

96

3.3

- 1 -

 

no (n = 356)

25

5.6

1.7

[0.9; 3.1]

Using UV before going on vacations helps prepare the skin to protect it from sunburns

 

***

  

don't agree (réf.) (n = 2501)

51

2.1

- 1 -

 

agree (n = 820)

71

8.2

4.3

[2.7; 6.7]

  1. *** : p < 0.001 ; ** : p < 0.01 ; * p < 0.05; results obtained by Chi2 test Pearson for the column % (percentage from bivariate analysis).
  2. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test:
  3. F-adjusted test statistic = 1159.2532.
  4. p-value = 0,000000.