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Table 4 Predictors of awareness for individual risk factors: results from the binary logistic regression analyses

From: Ethnic inequalities in older adults bowel cancer awareness: findings from a community survey conducted in an ethnically diverse region in England

Symptom

Alcohol Daily

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 926)

Fruit and veg daily

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 923)

Red or processed meat daily

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 932)

Low fibre diet

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 931)

Being overweight

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 926)

Being over 70

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 923)

Close relative CRC

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 926)

Physical activity weekly

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 928)

Existing bowel condition

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 929)

Having diabetes

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

(n = 927)

Total

 Total

285 (28.1)

378 (37.3)

481 (47.5)

502 (49.6)

469 (46.3)

398 (39.3)

448 (44.2)

326 (32.2)

498 (49.2)

193 (19.1)

Gender

 Male

133 (27.4)

Ref

178 (36.7)

Ref

233 (48.0)

Ref

243 (50.1)

Ref

220 (45.4)

Ref

201 (41.4)

Ref

198 (40.8)

Ref

166 (34.2)

Ref

224 (46.2)

Ref

99 (20.4)

Ref

 Female

134 (28.2)

1.00 (0.75, 1.34)

[1.00]

183 (38.4)

1.04 (0.80, 1.37)

[0.754]

223 (46.8)

0.90 (0.69, 1.17)

[0.423]

231 (48.5)

0.93 (0.72, 1.21)

[0.597]

225 (47.3)

1.04 (0.79, 1.35)

[0.800]

174 (36.8)

0.74 (0.56, 0.98)

[0.03]

230 (48.3)

1.37 (1.04, 1.80)

[0.024]

143 (30.0)

0.84 (0.63, 1.10)

[0.216]

249 (52.3)

1.27 (0.98, 1.65)

[0.075]

78 (16.4)

0.76 (0.54, 1.07)

[0.110]

Age (Years)

 60–65

93 (26.5)

Ref

129 (36.8)

Ref

158 (45.0)

Ref

164 (46.7)

Ref

150 (42.7)

Ref

128 (36.5)

Ref

154 (43.9)

Ref

111 (31.6)

Ref

170 (48.4)

Ref

78 (22.2)

Ref

 66–69

81 (31.4)

1.21 (0.83, 1.75)

[0.326]

111 (43.0)

1.36 (0.96, 1.91)

[0.082]

141 (54.7)

1.45 (1.03, 2.04)

[0.031]

136 (52.7)

1.37 (0.98, 1.92)

[0.067]

132 (51.2)

1.42 (1.01, 2.00)

[0.044]

101 (39.1)

1.10 (0.78, 1.57)

[0.587]

130 (50.4)

1.27 (0.90, 1.80)

[0.179]

92 (35.7)

1.33 (0.93, 1.90)

[0.113]

138 (53.5)

1.28 (0.91, 1.80)

[0.152]

46 (17.8)

0.68 (0.44, 1.05)

[0.082]

 70–75

68 (28.1)

1.15 (0.78, 1.69)

[0.487]

88 (36.4)

1.06 (0.74, 1.52)

[0.747]

118 (48.8)

1.19 (0.84, 1.68)

[0.330]

130 (53.7)

1.55 (1.10, 2.20)

[0.013]

118 (48.8)

1.34 (0.94, 1.90)

[0.100]

109 (45.0)

1.38 (0.96, 1.97)

[0.079]

106 (43.8)

0.93 (0.65, 1.33)

[0.697]

74 (30.6)

1.08 (0.75, 1.57)

[0.682]

119 (49.2)

1.12 (0.791, 1.58)

[0.527]

43 (17.8)

0.73 (0.47, 1.13)

[0.729]

 76+

36 (25.7)

0.89 (0.55, 1.44)

[0.639]

44 (31.4)

0.82 (0.53, 1.28)

[0.379]

54 (38.6)

0.67 (0.44, 1.03)

[0.067]

61 (43.6)

1.01 (0.66, 1.53)

[0.979]

60 (42.9)

1.04 (0.67, 1.59)

[0.866]

53 (37.9)

0.97 (0.62, 1.50)

[0.882]

51 (36.4)

0.63 (0.41, 0.99)

[0.043]

42 (30.0)

0.99 (0.63, 1.56)

[0.969]

62 (44.3)

0.84 (0.55, 1.28)

[0.414]

22 (15.7)

0.61 (0.35, 1.98)

[0.089]

Ethnicity

 White British / Irish

153 (32.4)

Ref

186 (39.4)

Ref

240 (50.8)

Ref

224 (47.5)

Ref

243 (51.5)

Ref

195 (41.3)

Ref

205 (43.4)

Ref

147 (31.1)

Ref

246 (52.1)

Ref

93 (19.7)

Ref

 South Asian

74 (26.8)

0.60 (0.34, 1.05)

[0.074]

95 (34.4)

0.82 (0.45, 1.37)

[0.817]

131 (47.5)

0.83 (0.50, 1.35)

[0.448]

122 (44.2)

0.85 (0.52, 1.41)

[0.535]

131 (47.5)

0.96 (0.58, 1.58)

[0.862]

126 (45.7)

1.15 (0.70, 1.90)

[0.578]

103 (37.3)

0.62 (0.38, 1.04)

[0.068]

89 (32.2)

0.77 (0.45, 1.33)

[0.355]

140 (50.7)

1.06 (0.64, 1.75)

[0.823]

68 (24.6)

1.05 (0.56, 1.98)

[0.883]

 Any other Asian ethnicity

17 (33.3)

0.81 (0.38, 1.76)

[0.601]

21 (41.2)

1.05 (0.51, 2.16)

[0.887]

25 (49.0)

0.80 (0.40, 1.62)

[0.534]

23 (45.1)

0.85 (0.42, 1.71)

[0.640]

25 (49.0)

1.01 (0.50, 2.07)

[0.969]

22 (43.1)

1.05 (0.52, 2.13)

[0.894]

19 (37.3)

0.64 (0.31, 1.32)

[0.23]

15 (29.4)

0.70 (0.32, 1.52)

[0.364]

25 (49.0)

0.94 (0.46, 1.93)

[0.874]

10 (19.6)

0.84 (0.34, 2.08)

[0.711]

 Afro-Caribbean

21 (30.9)

0.80 (0.43, 1.50)

[0.493]

21 (30.9)

0.57 (0.31, 1.05)

[0.073]

31 (45.6)

0.86 (0.49, 1.52)

[0.607]

29 (42.6)

0.67 (0.38, 1.19)

[0.173]

23 (33.8)

0.54 (0.30, 0.97)

[0.041]

21 (30.9)

0.70 (0.38, 1.28)

[0.242]

25 (36.8)

0.55 (0.31, 0.98)

[0.044]

17 (25.0)

0.73 (0.38, 1.39)

[0.334]

23 (33.8)

0.46 (0.26, 0.84)

[0.011]

8 (11.8)

0.42 (0.16, 1.11)

[0.080]

 Somali

1 (1.6)

0.025 (0.00, 0.20)

[< 0.001]

25 (40.3)

1.02 (0.49, 2.15)

[0.954]

14 (22.2)

0.25 (0.11, 0.55)

[0.001]

41 (65.1)

2.21 (1.06, 4.61)

[0.035]

(19.0)

0.254 (0.11, 0.58)

[0.001]

2 (3.2)

0.04 (0.01, 0.20)

[0.001]

6 (9.5)

0.12 (0.04, 0.33)

[< 0.001]

24 (38.1)

0.94 (0.44, 2.01)

[0.864]

27 (42.9)

0.82 (0.40, 1.70)

[0.594]

2 (3.2)

0.10 (0.02, 0.45)

[0.003]

 Arab

1 (6.3)

0.12 (0.01, 0.98)

[0.047]

4 (25.0)

0.45 (0.11, 1.82)

[0.262]

9 (56.3)

0.36 (0.10, 1.30)

[0.118]

2 (12.5)

1.61 (0.47, 5.55)

[0.453]

3 (18.8)

0.17 (0.04, 0.85)

[0.03]

1 (6.3)

0.09 (0.01, 0.76)

[0.026]

4 (25.0)

0.54 (0.15, 1.98)

[0.352]

7 (43.8)

1.66 (0.48, 5.69)

[0.420]

5 (31.3)

0.67 (0.19, 2.30)

[0.519]

3 (18.8)

0.53 (0.10, 2.79)

[0.456]

 Mixed / Other

16 (27.6)

0.60 (0.30, 1.21)

[0.150]

31 (53.4)

0.99 (0.53, 1.85)

[0.981]

32 (55.2)

1.03 (0.56, 1.89)

[0.937]

30 (51.7)

1.19 (0.64, 2.21)

[0.581]

23 (39.7)

0.97 (0.52, 1.78)

[0.908]

26 (44.8)

1.25 (0.67, 2.31)

[0.483]

27 (46.6)

0.90 (0.49, 1.68)

[0.751]

25 (43.1)

1.41 (0.76, 2.64)

[0.278]

27 (46.6)

0.77 (0.42, 1.42)

[0.400]

8 (13.8)

0.62 (0.26, 1.50)

[0.289]

Language

 English

191 (30.7)

Ref

317 (51.0)

Ref

315 (50.6)

Ref

310 (49.8)

Ref

240 (38.6)

Ref

254 (40.8)

Ref

326 (52.4)

Ref

189 (30.4)

Ref

315 (50.6)

Ref

116 (18.6)

Ref

 Any other language

92 (24.5)

1.41 (0.82, 2.43)

[0.217]

161 (42.8)

0.91 (0.56, 1.50)

[0.719]

181 (48.1)

1.01 (0.63, 1.62)

[0.980]

157 (41.8)

0.81 (0.50, 1.32)

[0.400]

134 (35.6)

0.92 (0.52, 1.50)

[0.747]

139 (37.0)

1.07 (0.66, 1.73)

[0.786]

119 (31.6)

0.66 (0.41, 1.08)

[0.099]

134 (35.6)

1.38 (0.82, 2.32)

[0.232]

178 (47.3)

0.84 (0.52, 1.36)

[0.471]

76 (20.2)

1.31 (0.71, 2.44)

[0.389]