The public acceptance of smallpox vaccination to fight bioterrorism in Japan: results of a large-scale opinion survey in Japan

Table 4 Predictive factors of independent thinkers

	Odds ratio	p value
Age group
18–29/30–64	0.712	0.029
18–29/65–	0.630	0.013
Gender (female)	1.009	0.935
Risk factors for vaccination side effects
Dermatologic disorders (past + present)	1.165	0.277
Immunologic disorders	1.245	0.502
History of seizure attacks	1.211	0.513
Hypertension/cardiac diseases	1.474	0.013
Side effects from other vaccinations	1.192	0.675
Past smallpox vaccination (yes)	0.861	0.212
Serious threat from smallpox bioterrorism (yes)^a	0.629	0.003

Results of multiple logistic regression analysis with all the variables listed in Table 3, except pregnancy and past side effects from smallpox vaccination, as explanatory (independent) variables. Model p = 0.003
^aNo includes “Do not know”

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