Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted associations among demographic, beliefs and having ever had a colonoscopy among eligible study participants (n = 45)
| Â | Ever had a colonoscopy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted | p | Adjusted (n = 62) | p | |||
Yes (n = 32) Mean (SD); or n (%) | No (n = 13) Mean (SD); or n (%) | Odds ratio (OR) | 95% CI for OR | |||
Age | 60.3 (6.8) | 56.1 (5.1) | .049 | 1.13 | 0.95 – 1.35 | .17 |
Sex | Â | Â | .28 | Â | Â | .47 |
 Male | 14 (43.8%) | 8 (61.5%) |  | 0.51 | 0.08 – 3.16 |  |
 Female | 18 (56.2%) | 5 (38.5%) |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Nativity | Â | Â | .002 | Â | Â | .017 |
 Sub-Saharan African immigrant | 10 (31.3%) | 1 (84.6%) |  | 0.10 | 0.02 – 0.66 |  |
 African American | 11 (68.7%) | 2 (15.4%) |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Education |  |  | .57 | 1.57 | 0.68 – 3.64 | .30 |
 High school | 5 (15.6%) | 2 (15.4%) |  |  |  |  |
 Some college | 6 (16.8%) | 2 (15.4%) |  |  |  |  |
 College graduate | 8 (25.0%) | 2 (15.4%) |  |  |  |  |
 Graduate school | 13 (40.6%) | 7 (53.8%) |  |  |  |  |
Insurance status | Â | Â | .049 | Â | Â | .38 |
 Insured | 28 (87.5%) | 8 (61.5%) |  | 2.39 | 0.35 – 16.49 |  |
 Uninsured | 4 (12.5%) | 5 (38.5%) |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Religiosity (10–50) | 41.2 (10.0) | 39.3 (8.3) | .54 |  |  | – |
 Cancer fatalism items |  |  |  |  |  |  |
There’s not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer |  |  | .25 |  |  | – |
 Agree | 7 (21.9%) | 5 (38.5%) |  |  |  |  |
 Disagree | 25 (78.1%) | 8 (61.5%) |  |  |  |  |
When I think of cancer, I automatically think of death |  |  | .10 |  |  | – |
 Agree | 7 (21.9%) | 6 (46.1%) |  |  |  |  |
 Disagree | 25 (78.1%) | 7 (53.9%) |  |  |  |  |
Temporal orientation | ||||||
 Past orientation (1–5) | 4.3 (0.8) | 3.8 (1.3) | .26 |  |  | – |
 Present orientation (4–20) | 8.8 (3.4) | 9.3 (4.3) | .67 |  |  | – |
 Acculturation (1–4) | 2.3 (0.4) | 2.3 (0.4) | .94 |  |  | – |