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Table 4 The association of importance of religion in life with attitudes toward using embryos for treatment of I) Parkinson’s disease II) of other diseases III) of diseases, although iPS would be as efficient

From: Attitudes and values among the Swedish general public to using human embryonic stem cells for medical treatment

 

Crude model

OR (95% CI)

Model 1

OR (95% CI)

Model 2

OR (95% CI)

Positive attitude toward using embryos for treatment of Parkinson’s disease

Importance of religion in life

 Very little, fairly little, neither little nor a lot of importance

10.74 (5.21–22.18)

9.35 (4.34–20.12)

6.39 (2.78–14.71)

 Fairly high, very high importance

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Positive attitude toward using embryos for treatment of other diseases

Importance of religion in life

 Very little, fairly little, neither little nor a lot of importance

6.49 (3.31–12.73)

5.41 (2.68–10.94)

3.47 (1.56–7.71)

 Fairly high, very high importance

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Positive attitude toward using embryos for treatment of other diseases, although iPS cells are as efficient

Importance of religion in life

 Very little, fairly little, neither little or a lot importance

2.58 (1.42–4.69)

2.29 (1.24–4.23)

1.75 (0.92–3.34)

 Fairly high, very high importance

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

  1. Associations are presented using odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI), and with respondents finding religion to be of fairly high or very high importance, as the reference groups (ref)
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval. The crude model included religious views. Model 1 included religious views, age, sex, education, health literacy, country of birth, and use of pharmaceuticals. Model 2 included religious views, age, sex, education, health literacy, country of birth, use of pharmaceuticals, and perception of moral status of embryo