| Variable | Practice of BSE n (%) | OR (CI 95%) | P | aOR (CI 95%) | aP | |
| Poor/insufficient | Moderate/good | |||||
| Age |
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| <30 | 263 (91.6) | 24 (8.4) | 1.04 (0.48 - 2.25) | 0.53 |
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| ≥30 | 105 (91.3) | 10 (8.7) |
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| Level of education |
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| University | 71 (81.6) | 16 (18.4) | 0.27 (1.3 - 0.55) | ≤0.001 | 0.68 (0.28 - 1.64) | 0.39 |
| Secondary/primary | 297 (94.3) | 18 (5.7) |
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| Marital status |
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| Single | 230 (92.0) | 20 (8.0) | 1.17 (0.57 - 2.38) | 0.40 |
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| Married/cohabitation | 138 (90.8) | 14 (9.2) |
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| Occupation |
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| Student/teacher/health personnel | 188 (89.1) | 23 (10.9) | 0.5 (0.237 - 1.05) | 0.04 | 0.77 (0.30 - 1.98) | 0.60 |
| Trader/housewife/others | 180 (94.2) | 11 (5.8) |
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| Number of pregnancies |
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| <3 | 244 (91.4) | 23 (8.6) | 0.94 (0.44 - 1.99) | 0.51 |
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| ≥3 | 124 (91.9) | 11 (8.1) |
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| Number of term deliveries | ||||||
| <3 | 260 (91.2) | 25 (8.8) | 0.87 (0.39 - 1.92) | 0.44 |
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| ≥3 | 108 (92.3) | 9 (7.7) |
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| Menarche |
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| ≤15 | 322 (91.2) | 31 (8.8) | 0.68 (0.199 - 2.3) | 0.38 |
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| >15 | 46 (93.9) | 3 (6.1) |
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| Family history of BC/knows someone with BC | ||||||
| Yes | 107 (84.9) | 19 (15.1) | 0.32 (0.16 - 0.66) | 0.002 | 0.391 (0.17 - 0.88) | 0.02 |
| No | 261 (94.6) | 15 (5.4) |
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| Community |
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| Yaoundé VI | 128 (87.7) | 18 (12.3) | 0.47 (0.23 - 0.96) | 0.029 | 1.58 (1.01 - 2.42) | 0.49 |
| Monatele | 240 (93.8) | 16 (6.3) |
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