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Table 3 Multivariate analysis: breast and bowel screening uptakes by ethnic subgroup

From: Breast and bowel cancer screening uptake patterns over 15 years for UK south Asian ethnic minority populations, corrected for differences in socio-demographic characteristics

Cancer screening Programme/Round

Ethnic Group

Number

Uptake (%)

Adjusted ORâ—† (95% CI)

 

Hindu-Gujarati

477

67.71

0.93+ (0.75, 1.15)

 

Hindu Other

241

59.75

0.60** (0.45, 0.79)

Breast screening

Muslim

567

51.32

0.49** (0.41, 0.58)

Round 1: 1989–92

Sikh

1245

63.37

0.67** (0.59, 0.76)

 

Non-Asian

59362

75.35

1 (-)

 

Hindu-Gujarati

522

69.73

0.86+ (0.71, 1.05)

 

Hindu Other

247

67.21

0.67** (0.51, 0.89)

Breast screening

Muslim

582

53.26

0.46** (0.39, 0.54)

Round 2: 1992–95

Sikh

1313

67.56

0.69** (0.61, 0.78)

 

Non-Asian

60127

77.38

1 (-)

 

Hindu-Gujarati

758

75.86

1.13+ (0.95, 1.34)

 

Hindu Other

428

68.93

0.68** (0.56, 0.84)

Breast screening

Muslim

912

51.75

0.40** (0.35, 0.46)

Round 5: 2001–04

Sikh

2067

70.59

0.79** (0.72, 0.88)

 

Non-Asian

82046

78.05

1 (-)

 

Hindu-Gujarati

1389

40.03

0.50** (0.45, 0.56)

 

Hindu-Other

681

34.51

0.38** (0.32, 0.44)

Bowel screening

Muslim

1595

26.14

0.30** (0.27, 0.34)

Round 1: 2000–02

Sikh

3012

32.47

0.36** (0.33, 0.39)

 

Non-Asian

116572

61.30

1 (-)

 

Hindu-Gujarati

1478

37.01

0.55** (0.50, 0.62)

 

Hindu-Other

757

33.16

0.44** (0.38, 0.52)

Bowel screening

Muslim

1807

21.47

0.29** (0.26, 0.33)

Round 2: 2003–05

Sikh

3378

29.66

0.39** (0.36, 0.42)

 

Non-Asian

109239

55.83

1 (-)

  1. â—† Controlled for age, deprivation, gender (breast screening)
  2. +Non-significant p > 0.05
  3. *Significant at p < 0.05
  4. **Significant at p < 0.001