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

Table 4.

Variation in cervical 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
  25–29 244,212 (9.87) 1745 (6.00) 57.30 (57.10, 57.49) 57.59 (55.23, 59.92) 1.01 (0.92, 1.11) 0.92 (0.84, 1.02)
  30–34 296,599 (11.99) 2780 (9.55) 68.49 (68.32, 68.65) 66.69 (64.90, 68.44) 0.92* (0.85, 1.00) 0.85*** (0.79, 0.92)
  35–39 325,903 (13.18) 3362 (11.55) 70.72 (70.57, 70.88) 66.69 (65.06, 68.27) 0.83*** (0.77, 0.89) 0.83*** (0.77, 0.89)
  40–44 327,468 (13.24) 3782 (13.00) 73.01 (72.85, 73.16) 65.89 (64.35, 67.40) 0.71*** (0.67, 0.76) 0.75*** (0.70, 0.80)
  45–49 338,905 (13.70) 4467 (15.35) 72.36 (72.21, 72.51) 63.98 (62.55, 65.39) 0.68*** (0.64, 0.72) 0.72*** (0.68, 0.76)
  50–54 335,234 (13.55) 4364 (15.00) 77.76 (77.62, 77.90) 69.84 (68.45, 71.20) 0.66*** (0.62, 0.71) 0.70*** (0.65, 0.74)
  55–59 327,923 (13.26) 4710 (16.18) 69.61 (69.45, 69.77) 63.04 (61.64, 64.41) 0.74*** (0.70, 0.79) 0.78*** (0.74, 0.83)
  60–64 277,313 (11.21) 3892 (13.37) 64.13 (63.96, 64.31) 56.53 (54.95, 58.09) 0.73*** (0.68, 0.78) 0.76*** (0.71, 0.81)
Ethnicityb
  White 1,645,992 (66.54) 19,964 (68.60) 72.93 (72.86, 73.00) 65.95 (65.29, 66.61) 0.72*** (0.7, 0.74) 0.78*** (0.75, 0.80)
  Asian 201,340 (8.14) 2272 (7.81) 61.79 (61.58, 62.01) 57.92 (55.86, 59.96) 0.85*** (0.78, 0.93) 0.71*** (0.65, 0.77)
  Black 106,633 (4.31) 2173 (7.47) 69.46 (69.18, 69.73) 64.80 (62.74, 66.80) 0.81*** (0.74, 0.88) 0.71*** (0.65, 0.78)
  Mixed 36,724 (1.48) 690 (2.37) 67.23 (66.75, 67.71) 64.49 (60.78, 68.04) 0.89 (0.76, 1.04) 0.81* (0.69, 0.95)
  Other 28,087 (1.14) 274 (0.94) 59.68 (59.10, 60.25) 62.04 (55.98, 67.76) 1.10 (0.86, 1.41) 0.88 (0.69, 1.14)
  Unknown 454,781 (18.39) 3729 (12.81) 62.52 (62.38, 62.66) 57.98 (56.37, 59.57) 0.83*** (0.77, 0.88) 0.81*** (0.76, 0.87)
Deprivationc
  Quintile 1 (Least deprived) 496,894 (20.09) 3671 (12.61) 75.14 (75.02, 75.26) 70.14 (68.63, 71.62) 0.78*** (0.72, 0.83) 0.77*** (0.71, 0.82)
  Quintile 2 463,336 (18.73) 4114 (14.14) 72.58 (72.45, 72.71) 65.75 (64.27, 67.20) 0.73*** (0.68, 0.77) 0.70*** (0.66, 0.75)
  Quintile 3 451,718 (18.26) 4986 (17.13) 69.86 (69.73, 69.99) 63.76 (62.40, 65.09) 0.76*** (0.72, 0.80) 0.74*** (0.70, 0.78)
  Quintile 4 504,382 (20.39) 6926 (23.80) 66.52 (66.39, 66.65) 63.80 (62.66, 64.93) 0.89*** (0.84, 0.93) 0.83*** (0.79, 0.87)
  Quintile 5 (Most deprived) 474,147 (19.17) 8362 (28.73) 64.59 (64.45, 64.72) 61.47 (60.41, 62.51) 0.87*** (0.84, 0.91) 0.82*** (0.78, 0.85)
  Unknown 83,080 (3.36) 1043 (3.58) 69.44 (69.12, 69.75) 62.32 (59.29, 65.26) 0.73*** (0.64, 0.83) 0.74*** (0.65, 0.84)
Regiond
  North East 82,770 (3.35) 1028 (3.53) 71.4 (71.09, 71.710) 61.58 (58.52, 64.55) 0.64*** (0.57, 0.73) 0.66*** (0.58, 0.75)
  North West 443,253 (17.92) 5956 (20.47) 69.58 (69.45, 69.72) 64.19 (62.95, 65.40) 0.78*** (0.74, 0.83) 0.81*** (0.76, 0.85)
  Yorkshire and Humber 84,418 (3.41) 890 (3.06) 71.22 (70.91, 71.52) 65.39 (62.15, 68.50) 0.76*** (0.66, 0.88) 0.81** (0.70, 0.93)
  East Midlands 47,333 (1.91) 498 (1.71) 73.63 (73.23, 74.02) 68.47 (64.16, 72.50) 0.78** (0.64, 0.94) 0.80* (0.66, 0.97)
  West Midlands 392,267 (15.86) 4168 (14.32) 69.79 (69.65, 69.94) 63.84 (62.36, 65.30) 0.76*** (0.72, 0.81) 0.79*** (0.74, 0.84)
  East of England 107,474 (4.34) 1076 (3.70) 72.3 (72.03, 72.570) 66.08 (63.15, 68.89) 0.75*** (0.66, 0.85) 0.75*** (0.66, 0.85)
  South West 285,547 (11.54) 2870 (9.86) 72.42 (72.25, 72.58) 66.69 (64.93, 68.41) 0.76*** (0.71, 0.82) 0.79*** (0.73, 0.85)
  South Central 309,843 (12.53) 3349 (11.51) 71.22 (71.06, 71.37) 65.09 (63.45, 66.71) 0.75*** (0.70, 0.81) 0.77*** (0.71, 0.82)
  London 510,476 (20.64) 6919 (23.77) 65.29 (65.16, 65.42) 62.51 (61.35, 63.65) 0.89*** (0.84, 0.93) 0.75*** (0.72, 0.79)
  South East Coast 210,176 (8.50) 2348 (8.07) 71.34 (71.15, 71.53) 63.80 (61.81, 65.74) 0.71*** (0.65, 0.77) 0.72*** (0.66, 0.79)
Smoking statuse
  Non-smoker 1,595,922 (64.52) 12,605 (43.31) 69.91 (69.84, 69.98) 63.22 (62.37, 64.06) 0.74*** (0.71, 0.77) 0.73*** (0.70, 0.75)
  Smoker 877,635 (35.48) 16,497 (56.69) 69.39 (69.29, 69.49) 64.85 (64.12, 65.58) 0.81*** (0.79, 0.84) 0.83*** (0.80, 0.86)
BMIf
  BMI < 30 2,347,395 (94.90) 25,633 (88.08) 69.67 (69.61, 69.73) 63.89 (63.30, 64.48) 0.77*** (0.75, 0.79) 0.78*** (0.76, 0.80)
  BMI > 30 126,162 (5.10) 3469 (11.92) 70.72 (70.47, 70.97) 66.04 (64.43, 67.61) 0.81*** (0.75, 0.86) 0.81*** (0.75, 0.87)

*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.