Table 1 Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for breast cancer by key variables among U.S. adult women in the ABLE survey (N = 4,717)
| Â | Knowledge alcohol use increases breast cancer risk | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Do not know | No | Yes | p-value | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Â | |
Total | 1895 (40.2) | 1669 (35.4) | 1153 (24.4) | Â |
Age |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
18–25 | 362 (35.0) | 398 (38.5) | 273 (26.4) | |
26–35 | 333 (35.5) | 381 (40.7) | 223 (23.8) | |
36–45 | 382 (40.2) | 348 (36.6) | 221 (23.3) | |
45–55 | 402 (44.2) | 304 (33.4) | 204 (22.4) | |
56+ | 416 (47.0) | 238 (26.9) | 232 (26.2) | Â |
Annual Income | Â | Â | Â | Â |
$0 to <$25K | 719 (39.8) | 682 (37.8) | 405 (22.4) | < 0.001 |
$25K to <$50K | 517 (39.9) | 465 (35.9) | 315 (24.3) | |
$50K+ | 495 (38.4) | 419 (32.5) | 374 (29.0) | |
Education |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Less than high school | 127 (44.6) | 108 (37.9) | 50 (17.5) | |
High school graduate | 1347 (40.5) | 1231 (37.0) | 745 (22.4) | |
College or more | 412 (37.9) | 323 (29.7) | 353 (32.4) | |
Race/ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | 0.041 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 255 (39.4) | 255 (39.4) | 138 (21.3) | |
Hispanic/Latina | 231 (37.1) | 233 (37.5) | 158 (25.4) | |
White Non-Hispanic | 1409 (40.9) | 1181 (34.3) | 857 (24.9) | |
U.S. Region |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Midwest | 454 (41.2) | 388 (35.2) | 261 (23.7) | |
Northeast | 259 (36.0) | 242 (33.6) | 219 (30.4) | |
South | 851 (40.4) | 793 (37.7) | 460 (21.9) | |
West | 330 (41.8) | 246 (31.2) | 213 (27.0) | |
Rural/urban | Â | Â | Â | 0.168 |
Urban | 1503 (40.5) | 1288 (34.7) | 920 (24.8) | |
Rural | 392 (39.0) | 381 (37.9) | 233 (23.2) | |
Self-Reported Health | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Poor | 103 (45.4) | 73 (32.2) | 51 (22.5) | Â |
Fair | 504 (47.2) | 354 (33.1) | 210 (19.7) | |
Good | 691 (39.9) | 621 (35.8) | 421 (24.3) | Â |
Very Good | 465 (38.2) | 433 (35.6) | 319 (26.2) | < 0.001 |
Excellent | 129 (27.7) | 185 (39.7) | 152 (32.6) | Â |
Family history of breast cancer | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 726 (38.4) | 599 (33.2) | 478 (26.5) | Â |
No | 920 (48.6) | 923 (38.2) | 573 (23.7) | < 0.001 |
Maybe/Don’t know | 246 (13.0) | 140 (30.0) | 97 (20.1) |  |
Source of medical advice | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Doctor/healthcare provider | 835 (42.1) | 679 (34.2) | 471 (23.7) | Â |
Website/online | 672 (41.2) | 544 (33.4) | 414 (25.4) | Â |
Family | 171 (35.0) | 201 (41.2) | 116 (23.8) | < 0.001 |
Social media | 73 (29.9) | 108 (44.3) | 63 (25.8) | Â |
Other | 141 (39.1) | 133 (36.8) | 87 (24.1) | |
AUDIT category | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Abstainer | 696 (43.5) | 497 (31.0) | 408 (25.5) | |
Low-risk consumption | 945 (41.5) | 830 (36.4) | 504 (22.1) | |
Harmful consumption | 153 (31.6) | 214 (44.2) | 117 (24.2) | < 0.001 |
Probable alcohol use disorder | 101 (28.6) | 128 (36.3) | 124 (35.1) | Â |