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Table 3 Odd ratios of suspecting LD before receiving medical help (1 = suspecter, 0 = non-suspecter)

From: Experience of Lyme disease and preferences for precautions: a cross-sectional survey of UK patients

 

B(SE)

Odds ratio (or Exp b) [95% CI]

Constant

−3.52* (1.61)

-

Knowledge of ticks and LD

0.21*(0.09)

1.24 [1.02; 1.50]

Direct event leading to the realization of tick bite

1.38**(0.42)

3.98 [1.74; 9.12]

Age when leaving full-time education

0.12 (0.06)

1.13 [0.99; 1.30]

Frequency of countryside use

−0.50(0.59)

0.60 [0.18; 1.93]

  1. Note: R L 2 = .21(Hosmer & Lemeshow), .25 (Cox & Snell), Model χ 2(4) = 36.51, p < .001.
  2. B: regression coefficients; SE: standard errors of regression coefficients; CI: confidence interval of odds ratio.
  3. *p < .05; **p < .001.