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Table 2 Probability of using preventive services (ever) Logistic regression models, adjusted for age, sex and height

From: Are health risk attitude and general risk attitude associated with healthcare utilization, costs and working ability? Results from the German KORA FF4 cohort study

Dependent variable

Proportion (yes)

G-WTTR

H-WTTR

 

OR [95% CI]

OR [95% CI]

Medical check-up

56.6%

1.02 [0.93–1.12]

0.89* [0.81–0.98]

Screening (overall)

88.5%

0.91 [0.77–1.06]

0.94 [0.81–1.09]

Skin cancer

58.5%

1.03 [0.93–1.13]

0.95 [0.86–1.04]

Colon cancer

61.0%

0.95 [0.85–1.05]

0.93 [0.84–1.03]

Breast cancer a

78.6%

0.92 [0.77–1.10]

0.95 [0.80–1.13]

Cervical cancer a

84.7%

1.01 [0.84–1.21]

0.90 [0.75–1.08]

Prostate cancer b

60.5%

0.96 [0.82–1.12]

0.87 [0.75–1.01]

  1. **significant at the 1% level/ * significant at the 5% level
  2. G-WTTR: Willingness to take risk in general; H-WTTR: Willingness to take risk regarding health
  3. aOnly for women (n = 959 observations), adjusted for age and height
  4. bOnly for men (n = 864 observations), adjusted for age and height