. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 25.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2007 Jun;32(6):517–524. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.02.024

Table 2.

Skin self-examination practices

Months after randomization		TSSE performance group			Number of areas examined^a group
	Skin	Diet	p	Difference (95% CI)	Skin	Diet	p
0 (baseline)	18%	17%	0.7	0.7 (−3.4, 4.7)	2.59	2.46	0.4
2	53%	31%	<.0001	22.9 (17.2, 28.6)	5.34	3.86	<0.0001
6	55%	35%	<.0001	19.8 (13.8, 25.8)	5.22	4.00	<0.0001
12	55%	35%	<.0001	19.3 (13.0, 25.7)	5.14	3.83	<0.0001

of the 7 areas specifically queried

TSSE, thorough skin self-examination