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Table 2 Association of Colon Cancer Screening with Demographics, Characteristics of Visits to the Primary Care Office, and Preventive Services Usage from Medical Records

From: Predictors of colorectal cancer screening in diverse primary care practices

Characteristic

FOBTa <1/year

(n = 907) %

Annual FOBT

(n = 74) %

P

FOBT never

(n = 462) %

FOBT ever

(n = 519) %

P

No EBEb

(n = 762) %

EBE

(n = 219) %

P

Demographics

         

Age (ref. = 75 + years)

         

   64–74 years

61

62

0.852

57

65

0.005

59

69

0.007

Race (ref. = African-American)

         

   Caucasian

92

90

0.523

93

91

0.24

92

92

0.921

Gender (ref. = male)

         

   Female

53

23

<.001

60

43

<.001

54

40

<.001

Marital status

         

   Never married

4

7

0.103

5

4

0.03

4

6

<.001

   Married

53

65

 

51

57

 

51

65

 

   Widowed

34

20

 

37

28

 

36

22

 

   Divorced/separated

9

8

 

7

10

 

9

7

 

Education

         

   < High school

30

32

0.512

28

32

0.68

32

25

0.06

   Some high school

45

50

 

47

44

 

45

46

 

   High school grad/tech school

20

14

 

20

19

 

19

21

 

   Some college

5

4

 

5

5

 

4

8

 

Stratum

         

   Rural

19

4

<.001c

24

12

<.001

20

12

0.015

   Urban

47

23

 

47

43

 

43

52

 

   Veterans' Affairs

19

64

 

14

30

 

22

25

 

   Inner city

15

9

 

15

14

 

15

11

 

Employed (ref. = unemployed)

15

15

0.931

12

18

0.025

16

14

0.479

Income level

         

   <$10,000

19

10

0.237

21

17

0.423

20

13

0.02

   $10,000–19,999

38

48

 

39

39

 

39

38

 

   $20,000–39,999

29

30

 

27

31

 

29

30

 

   ≥$40,000

14

12

 

13

14

 

12

19

 

Smoking status

         

   Smoker

11

4

.023c

11

11

0.001

11

11

0.326

   Quitter

40

32

 

45

34

 

41

35

 

   Never smoker

48

64

 

44

55

 

49

54

 

Characteristics of Visits to Primary Care and Preventive Services Usage from Medical Records

Visits/year to primary care officed

         

   < 2

36

20

<.001

38

32

0.009

37

29

<.001

   2 – 3

27

18

 

27

24

 

27

21

 

   3 – 4

25

38

 

21

31

 

24

34

 

   ≥5

12

24

 

13

12

 

11

17

 

Visits to designated PCPe,f

         

   0 – 25%

8

5

.368c

8

8

0.011

7

10

0.608

   26 – 50%

12

14

 

14

10

 

12

12

 

   51 – 75%

19

12

 

15

23

 

19

20

 

   76 – 100%

61

69

 

64

60

 

62

59

 

Mammography status/time since last mammogram

         

   Never

11

12

0.836

15

5

<.001

11

8

0.072

   < 1 year

59

65

 

54

66

 

57

70

 

   ≥1 year

30

24

 

31

29

 

32

22

 

Annual influenza vaccine

16

38

<.001

14

20

0.014

16

21

0.093

Pneumococcal vaccine

63

74

0.093

56

71

<.001

63

69

0.069

Tetanus toxoid within 10 yrs.

32

45

0.025

26

39

<.001

32

36

0.245

  1. aFecal Occult Blood Test
  2. bEndoscopy/Barium Enema
  3. cBy Fisher's Exact Test
  4. dVisits/year was a continuous variable which was grouped as <2, 2-<3, 3-<5 and ≥5, but given simplified labels in the Table.
  5. ePrimary Care Provider
  6. fVisits to identified PCP was a continuous variable which was grouped as 0-<26%, 26%-<50%, 50%-<75% and ≥75%, but given simplified labels in the Table.
  7. Totals may differ from 100% due to rounding