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Table 4 Comparison of the Use of FIT for CRC Screening between People with and without Disability after Matching

From: Comparison of colorectal cancer screening between people with and without disability: a nationwide matched cohort study

   

Without disability (N = 275,290)

With disability (N = 275,290)

 
  

No FIT

FITa

No FIT

FIT

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

p-value

Total

550,580

100.00

200,478

72.82

74,812

27.18

213,438

77.53

61,852

22.47

<  0.001

Sex

 Male

314,450

57.11

117,974

75.07

39,173

24.93

123,868

78.74

33,435

21.26

<  0.001

 Female

236,130

42.89

82,504

69.83

35,639

30.17

89,570

75.92

28,417

24.08

<  0.001

Age (years)

 50–59

325,450

59.11

105,844

65.05

56,872

34.95

113,333

69.64

49,401

30.36

<  0.001

 60–69

225,130

40.89

94,634

84.06

17,940

15.94

100,105

88.94

12,451

11.06

<  0.001

Monthly salary (NT$b)

 Low income

11,586

2.10

4630

80.55

1118

19.45

4614

79.03

1224

20.97

0.045

  ≤ 17,280

32,209

5.85

11,984

74.81

4036

25.19

13,486

83.30

2703

16.70

<  0.001

 17,281-22,800

233,047

42.33

86,836

74.44

29,815

25.56

92,579

79.54

23,817

20.46

<  0.001

 22,801-28,800

107,277

19.48

39,300

73.23

14,365

26.77

41,872

78.10

11,740

21.90

<  0.001

 28,801-36,300

80,211

14.57

28,509

71.04

11,621

28.96

30,176

75.29

9905

24.71

<  0.001

  ≥ 36,301

86,250

15.67

29,219

67.83

13,857

32.17

30,711

71.13

12,463

28.87

<  0.001

Urbanization level of residence area

 Level 1

117,180

21.28

43,212

73.81

15,330

26.19

45,845

78.18

12,793

21.82

<  0.001

 Level 2

162,018

29.43

58,012

71.60

23,015

28.40

61,078

75.41

19,913

24.59

<  0.001

 Level 3

86,586

15.73

31,725

73.16

11,639

26.84

33,883

78.39

9339

21.61

<  0.001

 Level 4

100,395

18.23

37,010

73.57

13,295

26.43

39,444

78.75

10,646

21.25

<  0.001

 Level 5

17,408

3.16

6304

72.64

2375

27.36

6716

76.94

2013

23.06

<  0.001

 Level 6

35,723

6.49

12,884

72.58

4868

27.42

14,057

78.22

3914

21.78

<  0.001

 Level 7

31,270

5.68

11,331

72.54

4290

27.46

12,415

79.33

3234

20.67

<  0.001

CCIc

 0

251,400

45.66

93,789

74.75

31,688

25.25

95,965

76.21

29,958

23.79

<  0.001

 1

122,117

22.18

43,133

70.56

17,998

29.44

45,505

74.62

15,481

25.38

<  0.001

 2

82,626

15.01

29,125

70.22

12,354

29.78

32,262

78.41

8885

21.59

<  0.001

  ≥ 3

94,437

17.15

34,431

72.94

12,772

27.06

39,706

84.06

7528

15.94

<  0.001

Dental calculus cleaning

 No

382,333

69.44

135,329

77.28

39,797

22.72

169,483

81.79

37,724

18.21

<  0.001

 Yes

168,247

30.56

65,149

65.04

35,015

34.96

43,955

64.56

24,128

35.44

0.043

Adult health examination

 No

379,637

68.95

140,250

78.95

37,383

21.05

167,375

82.86

34,629

17.14

<  0.001

 Yes

170,943

31.05

60,228

61.67

37,429

38.33

46,063

62.85

27,223

37.15

<  0.001

Category of disability

 Moving Functional Limitation

135,434

24.60

    

103,801

76.64

31,633

23.36

 

 Internal organ function loss and related disabilities

36,775

6.68

    

29,423

80.01

7352

19.99

 

 Hearing impairment

26,716

4.85

    

19,700

73.74

7016

26.26

 

 Multiple disabilities

21,919

3.98

    

18,602

84.87

3317

15.13

 

 Chronic mental health conditions

22,128

4.02

    

15,740

71.13

6388

28.87

 

 Visual impairment

16,430

2.98

    

12,981

79.01

3449

20.99

 

 Intellectual and developmental disability

8326

1.51

    

7070

84.91

1256

15.09

 

 Dementia

3521

0.64

    

3090

87.76

431

12.24

 

 Vocal and speech impairment

2318

0.42

    

1802

77.74

516

22.26

 

 Motion and balance impairment

770

0.14

    

596

77.40

174

22.60

 

 Facial disfigurements

426

0.08

    

289

67.84

137

32.16

 

 Intractable epilepsy

351

0.06

    

214

60.97

137

39.03

 

 Rare diseases

85

0.02

    

66

77.65

19

22.35

 

 Autism

57

0.01

    

42

73.68

15

26.32

 

 Othersd

34

0.01

    

22

64.71

12

35.29

 
  1. a. FIT faecal immunochemical testing; b. NT$ New Taiwan dollar; c. CCI Charlson comorbidity index; d. Others: chromosomal abnormalities, inborn errors of metabolism, and congenital defects.