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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Nov 26;21(3):373–385. doi: 10.1007/s10552-009-9469-x

Table 3.

Race stratified unadjusted CRC screening rates for women aged 50 and older by obesity status

White and African-American
Women
 White Women
 African-American Women
Non-obese Obese Non-obese Obese Non-obese Obese
Up-to-date for Any CRC Screening, % (95% CI) 52.9
(51.1–54.6)		 50.6
(47.9–53.3)		 53.7
(51.8–55.5)		 51.2
(48.1–54.2)		 44.1
(38.6–49.5)		 47.4
(41.1–53.7)
P = 0.17 P = 0.16 P = 0.44
Up-to-date Colonoscopy, % (95% CI) 43.9
(42.1–45.7)		 40.0
(37.3–42.7)		 44.7
(42.8–46.5)		 40.3
(37.3–43.2)		 35.3
(29.8–40.9)		 38.1
(31.9–44.3)
P = 0.02 P = 0.01 P = 0.51
Up-to-date Endoscopy, % (95% CI) 46.7
(45.0–48.5)		 43.6
(40.9–46.3)		 47.5
(45.6–49.3)		 44.0
(41.0–47.0)		 38.8
(33.4–44.3)		 41.0
(34.8–47.2)
P = 0.06 P = 0.06 P = 0.61
Up-to-date Fecal Occult Blood Test, % (95% CI) 15.2
(14.0–16.4)		 15.9
(14.0–17.8)		 15.4
(14.2–16.7)		 16.5
(14.4–18.7)		 12.5
(9.2–15.8)		 12.4
(8.4–16.4)
P = 0.53 P = 0.39 P = 0.96

Note Non-obese = BMI 18.5–29.9, Obese = BMI 30+