Table 6 Summary of awareness scores for cancer risk factors between adolescents vs adults and between females vs males
From: Knowledge level of cancer symptoms and risk factors in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study
Risk factor | Recall | Recognition | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 2886) n (%) | Adolescents vs Adults | Females vs Males | Total (n = 2886) n (%) | Adolescents vs Adults | Females vs Males | |||||||||
Adolescents (n = 1457) n (%) | Adults (n = 1429) n (%) | p value | Females (n = 1483) n (%) | Males (n = 1403) n (%) | p value | Adolescents (n = 1457) n (%) | Adults (n = 1429) n (%) | p value | Females (n = 1483) n (%) | Males (n = 1403) n (%) | p value | |||
Smoking | 1027 (35.6) | 542 (37.2) | 485 (33.9) | 0.07 | 469 (31.6) | 558 (39.8) | < 0.001 | 2215 (76.7) | 1102 (75.6) | 1113 (77.9) | 0.16 | 1200 (80.9) | 1015 (72.3) | < 0.001 |
Passive smoking | 75 (2.6) | 29 (2.0) | 46 (3.2) | 0.046 | 44 (3.0) | 31 (2.2) | 0.24 | 1544 (53.5) | 738 (50.7) | 806 (56.4) | 0.002 | 815 (55.0) | 729 (52.0) | 0.11 |
Eating less than 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day | 1086 (37.6) | 578 (39.7) | 508 (35.5) | 0.023 | 647 (43.6) | 439 (31.3) | < 0.001 | 514 (17.8) | 202 (13.9) | 312 (21.8) | < 0.001 | 270 (18.2) | 244 (17.4) | 0.59 |
Being overweight | 93 (3.2) | 45 (3.1) | 48 (3.4) | 0.75 | 58 (3.9) | 35 (2.5) | 0.035 | 1201 (41.6) | 525 (36.0) | 676 (47.3) | < 0.001 | 630 (42.5) | 571 (40.7) | 0.35 |
Getting sunburnt more than once as a child | 38 (1.3) | 14 (1.0) | 24 (1.7) | 0.10 | 17 (1.1) | 21 (1.5) | 0.42 | 536 (18.6) | 200 (13.7) | 336 (23.5) | < 0.001 | 278 (18.7) | 258 (18.4) | 0.81 |
Being over 70 years old | 31 (1.1) | 6 (0.4) | 25 (1.7) | < 0.001 | 16 (1.1) | 15 (1.1) | 0.98 | 731 (25.3) | 48 (17.0) | 483 (33.8) | < 0.001 | 355 (23.9) | 376 (26.8) | 0.08 |
Having a close relative with cancer | 212 (7.3) | 76 (5.2) | 136 (9.5) | < 0.001 | 124 (8.4) | 88 (6.3) | 0.032 | 980 (34.0) | 383 (26.3) | 597 (41.8) | < 0.001 | 527 (35.5) | 453 (32.3) | 0.07 |
Doing less than 30 min of moderate physical activity 5 times a week | 37 (1.3) | 16 (1.1) | 21 (1.5) | 0.41 | 18 (1.2) | 19 (1.4) | 0.74 | 722 (25.0) | 355 (24.4) | 367 (25.7) | 0.42 | 349 (23.5) | 373 (26.6) | 0.06 |