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Table 2 Characteristics of participants at enrollmena

From: Patterns and predictors of adherence to colorectal cancer screening recommendations in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project participants stratified by risk

  

Men

Women

  

All men

Stratum

All women

Stratum

   

Age-only

Family

Hx

Personal

Hx

Family/Personal

Hx

 

Age-only

Family

Hx

Personal

Hx

Family/Personal

Hx

  

n = 3641

n = 2857

n = 394

n = 316

n = 74

n = 6000

n = 4579

n = 810

n = 471

n = 140

  

(37.8%)

78.5%

10.8%

8.7%

2.0%

(62.2%)

76.3%

13.5%

7.9%

2.3%

Age (years; mean ± SD)

 

56.9 ± 6.1

57.4 ± 5.3

53.8 ± 7.9

55.5 ± 7.5

58.2 ± 7.6

57.0 ± 6.2

57.6 ± 5.4

53.9 ± 8.0

55.7 ± 7.9

58.0 ± 7.0

Residential area

Urban

76.6

76.3

75.1

81.0

78.4

72.8

72.3

74.7

72.8

77.9

Rural

23.4

23.7

24.9

19.0

21.6

27.2

27.7

25.3

27.2

22.1

Marital status

Married/live with partner

84.5

84.5

84.8

83.2

87.8

74.8

73.9

77.9

76.9

78.6

Single

5.0

4.5

6.1

7.3

4.1

3.5

3.3

4.7

3.6

3.6

Divorced/separated/widowed

10.5

11.0

9.1

9.5

8.1

21.7

22.7

17.4

19.5

17.8

Education level

Less than high school

12.0

12.0

13.5

11.1

9.5

11.8

12.2

9.0

13.0

13.6

High school

13.7

13.8

12.9

15.5

8.1

21.4

20.9

24.2

21.4

19.3

College/university and higher

74.2

74.1

73.6

73.4

82.4

66.7

66.8

66.8

65.6

67.1

Employment status

Not employed

5.5

5.1

6.6

7.9

4.0

16.7

16.8

15.3

16.6

20.7

Retired

21.4

21.6

17.3

22.8

33.8

25.1

25.6

20.6

26.5

28.6

Employed part-time

9.6

9.8

8.6

8.5

12.2

21.4

21.1

24.5

19.3

23.6

Employed full-time

63.4

63.4

67.5

60.8

50.0

36.7

36.4

39.6

37.6

27.1

Annual household income ($)

< 50,000

27.3

27.1

27.0

29.7

29.7

40.7

41.5

36.1

40.5

41.4

≥50,000 and < 100,000

43.1

42.8

42.1

45.6

47.3

37.0

37.0

38.5

35.5

32.1

≥100,000

27.9

28.5

28.4

23.4

21.6

18.8

17.7

23.1

20.4

22.2

BMI (kg/m2)b

< 18.5

0.1

0.1

0.5

0

0

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.2

0

≥18.5 and < 25

20.8

21.1

19.3

19.6

23.0

34.4

33.7

40.3

31.4

31.5

≥25 and < 30

49.8

50.1

50.0

48.4

44.6

37.0

37.4

34.5

36.1

40.7

≥30

29.0

28.4

29.9

31.7

32.4

27.8

28.1

23.8

32.3

27.1

Smoking status

Current smoker

14.2

13.9

12.9

19.0

16.2

13.6

13.2

13.0

16.1

20.0

Current non smoker

85.7

86.0

87.1

81.0

83.8

86.3

86.7

86.9

83.7

80.0

Self-reported health status

Excellent/very good

53.7

55.4

55.2

36.2

54.0

56.5

57.2

60.4

44.4

51.4

Good

38.6

37.4

36.6

51.9

39.2

37.1

36.9

34.6

43.1

40.7

Fair/poor

7.7

7.2

8.2

11.9

6.8

6.4

5.9

5.0

12.5

7.9

PSA screening

Yesc

53.2

53.7

47.2

50.9

74.3

N/A

Mammography screening

Yesc

N/A

93.3

94.9

85.9

90.9

93.6

Family history of cancer

Yes

60.2

54.4

100

53.8

100

64.0

57.2

100

57.3

100

Family history of colorectal cancer

1 FDRd diagnosed > 60 yr

55.5

n/a

56.3

n/a

51.5

58.0

n/a

59.1

n/a

52.0

1 FDR diagnosed ≤60 yr., or ≥2 FDR

44.5

n/a

43.7

n/a

48.5

42.0

n/a

40.9

n/a

48.0

Personal history of chronic diseasee

Yes

59.2

59.4

53.8

63.6

59.5

53.6

54.7

45.2

55.0

61.6

  1. aExcept for age (mean ± SD), values are presented as percentages
  2. bCalculated from self-reported height and weight
  3. cEver had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) or mammography screening
  4. dFDR = First-degree relative (mother, father, sister, brother)
  5. ePersonal history of chronic disease – including angina, chronic bronchitis, cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, emphysema, heart attack, hepatitis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and stroke; excluding bowel conditions (polyps, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease)
  6. Note: A total of 422 participants (132 men, 290 women) had missing data
  7. Stratum Descriptions:
  8. Age-only - participants who should commence screening due to age (50–74 years); considered average-risk
  9. FamilyHx - participants with a first-degree relative diagnosed with CRC; considered moderate-risk
  10. PersonalHx - participants with a personal history of a bowel condition or polyps; considered high-risk
  11. Family/PersonalHx - participants with first-degree relative diagnosed with CRC and personal history of a bowel condition or polyps; considered highest-risk
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