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. 2023 May 4;129(1):81–93. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02249-3

Table 3.

Variation in breast cancer screening participation, for adults with and without SMIs, by demographic characteristic, smoking status and BMI.

Number of people Proportion of eligible people who participated (95% CIs) Unadjusted OR (95% CIs) Adjusted OR (95% CIs)
No SMI N (%) SMI N (%) No SMI SMI
Agea
 50–54 365,609 (27.52) 4929 (26.52) 51.03 (50.86, 51.19) 40.88 (39.51, 42.27) 0.66*** (0.63, 0.70) 0.74*** (0.70, 0.78)
 55–59 355,596 (26.76) 5218 (28.07) 63.22 (63.06, 63.38) 50.86 (49.50, 52.23) 0.60*** (0.57, 0.64) 0.69*** (0.65, 0.73)
 60–64 299,753 (22.56) 4287 (23.06) 64.22 (64.05, 64.39) 50.52 (49.02, 52.03) 0.57*** (0.54, 0.60) 0.64*** (0.61, 0.69)
 65–69 257,554 (19.38) 3484 (18.74) 64.74 (64.56, 64.93) 51.41 (49.73, 53.08) 0.58*** (0.54, 0.62) 0.64*** (0.60, 0.69)
 70–74 50,139 (3.77) 669 (3.60) 64.69 (64.27, 65.10) 53.36 (49.50, 57.19) 0.62*** (0.54, 0.73) 0.70*** (0.60, 0.82)
Ethnicityb
 White 941,953 (70.90) 13,339 (71.77) 62.98 (62.88, 63.08) 50.53 (49.68, 51.38) 0.60*** (0.58, 0.62) 0.67*** (0.65, 0.69)
 Asian 73,041 (5.50) 1248 (6.71) 49.73 (49.36, 50.09) 40.95 (38.21, 43.74) 0.70*** (0.63, 0.79) 0.72*** (0.64, 0.81)
 Black 48,665 (3.66) 1334 (7.18) 44.95 (44.50, 45.39) 38.68 (36.07, 41.36) 0.77*** (0.69, 0.86) 0.78*** (0.70, 0.88)
 Mixed 12,970 (0.98) 333 (1.79) 51.03 (50.17, 51.90) 38.74 (33.52, 44.22) 0.61*** (0.49, 0.76) 0.68** (0.54, 0.86)
 Other 8688 (0.65) 135 (0.73) 46.41 (45.36, 47.46) 43.70 (35.27, 52.50) 0.90 (0.64, 1.26) 0.87 (0.61, 1.23)
 Unknown 243,334 (18.31) 2198 (11.83) 57.91 (57.72, 58.11) 46.77 (44.67, 48.88) 0.64*** (0.59, 0.69) 0.67*** (0.61, 0.73)
Deprivationc
 Quintile 1 (least deprived) 306,516 (23.07) 2489 (13.39) 67.54 (67.37, 67.70) 59.46 (57.50, 61.39) 0.70*** (0.65, 0.76) 0.69*** (0.64, 0.75)
 Quintile 2 273,336 (20.57) 2782 (14.97) 65.16 (64.98, 65.34) 56.11 (54.24, 57.96) 0.68*** (0.63, 0.74) 0.70*** (0.64, 0.75)
 Quintile 3 248,205 (18.68) 3237 (17.42) 61.13 (60.94, 61.32) 50.91 (49.17, 52.65) 0.66*** (0.62, 0.71) 0.68*** (0.63, 0.73)
 Quintile 4 244,503 (18.40) 4363 (23.47) 55.26 (55.06, 55.45) 44.65 (43.17, 46.14) 0.65*** (0.62, 0.69) 0.68*** (0.63, 0.72)
 Quintile 5 (most deprived) 211,370 (15.91) 5088 (27.37) 50.36 (50.15, 50.57) 40.23 (38.88, 41.60) 0.66*** (0.63, 0.70) 0.67*** (0.64, 0.71)
 Unknown 44,721 (3.37) 628 (3.38) 55.05 (54.59, 55.51) 47.61 (43.65, 51.60) 0.74*** (0.63, 0.87) 0.79** (0.67, 0.93)
Regiond
 North East 47,272 (3.56) 630 (3.39) 65.59 (65.16, 66.02) 53.02 (49.03, 56.96) 0.59*** (0.51, 0.69) 0.60*** (0.51, 0.71)
 North West 242,187 (18.23) 3689 (19.85) 63.02 (62.82, 63.21) 49.74 (48.12, 51.37) 0.58*** (0.54, 0.62) 0.66*** (0.62, 0.7)
 Yorkshire and Humber 48,287 (3.63) 668 (3.59) 70.62 (70.21, 71.02) 58.98 (55.14, 62.72) 0.60*** (0.51, 0.70) 0.68*** (0.58, 0.8)
 East Midlands 27,587 (2.08) 281 (1.51) 68.44 (67.89, 68.99) 54.45 (48.43, 60.35) 0.55*** (0.44, 0.70) 0.66** (0.51, 0.85)
 West Midlands 22,1641 (16.68) 2698 (14.52) 54.45 (54.24, 54.66) 45.63 (43.74, 47.53) 0.70*** (0.65, 0.76) 0.75*** (0.70, 0.81)
 East of England 61,391 (4.62) 700 (3.77) 69.45 (69.08, 69.81) 60.29 (56.54, 63.91) 0.67*** (0.57, 0.78) 0.72*** (0.61, 0.84)
 South West 165,136 (12.43) 1926 (10.36) 65.17 (64.94, 65.40) 51.40 (49.14, 53.65) 0.57*** (0.52, 0.62) 0.61*** (0.56, 0.67)
 South Central 169,436 (12.75) 2019 (10.86) 65.52 (65.30, 65.75) 55.32 (53.12, 57.51) 0.65*** (0.60, 0.71) 0.67*** (0.61, 0.73)
 London 222,894 (16.78) 4439 (23.88) 49.06 (48.85, 49.27) 38.50 (37.07, 39.95) 0.65*** (0.61, 0.69) 0.68*** (0.64, 0.72)
 South East Coast 122,820 (9.24) 1537 (8.27) 61.16 (60.88, 61.43) 51.92 (49.39, 54.44) 0.69*** (0.62, 0.76) 0.77*** (0.70, 0.86)
Smoking statuse
 Non-smoker 858,462 (64.61) 8696 (46.79) 62.22 (62.12, 62.33) 51.91 (50.85, 52.96) 0.66*** (0.63, 0.68) 0.71*** (0.68, 0.74)
 Smoker 470,189 (35.39) 9891 (53.21) 57.18 (57.04, 57.32) 45.18 (44.20, 46.17) 0.62*** (0.59, 0.64) 0.66*** (0.63, 0.69)
BMIf
 BMI < 30 1,237,757 (93.16) 16,046 (86.33) 60.47 (60.38, 60.56) 48.16 (47.38, 48.93) 0.61*** (0.59, 0.63) 0.68*** (0.65, 0.70)
 BMI > 30 90,894 (6.84) 2541 (13.67) 60.02 (59.70, 60.34) 49.43 (47.47, 51.39) 0.65*** (0.60, 0.70) 0.72*** (0.67, 0.78)

*P < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.

aAdjusted for ethnicity, region, area-level deprivation, smoking status and BMI.

bAdjusted for age, region, area-level deprivation, smoking status and BMI.

cAdjusted for age, ethnicity, region, and smoking status and BMI.

dAdjusted for age, ethnicity, area-level deprivation, smoking status and BMI.

eAdjusted for age, ethnicity, region, area-level deprivation and BMI.

fAdjusted for age, region, ethnicity, area-level deprivation and smoking status.