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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2010 Apr;38(4):389–395. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.027

Table 3. Adjusted OR (95% CI) for having received specific cancer screeningsa.

Cervix (n=579) Breast (n=280) Prostate (n=94) Colorectal (n=253)

% (n) OR (95% CI) % (n) OR 95% CI % (n) OR 95% CI n (%) OR 95% CI

Age (years)
â21â40 51 (297) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
â41â60 38 (218) 0.7 (0.4, 1.0) 78 (218) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 46 (43) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 55 (140)c 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
â61â80 62 (11) 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 22 (62) 2.1 (1.1, 4.3) 54 (51) 2.9 (0.7, 11.6) 45 (113) 2.1 (1.0, 4.8)
Female n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 63 (159) 1 (1.0, 1.0)
Male n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 37 (94) 0.8 (0.4, 1.9)
Education
â< High school 21 (111) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 48 (19) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 26 (22) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 22 (52) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
âHigh school 17 (94) 1.3 (0.7, 2.4) 50 (19) 1.3 (0.5, 3.5) 21 (18) 3.5 (0.6, 19.8) 21 (49) 2.8 (0.8, 9.8)
â> High school 62 (336) 0.9 (0.6, 1.5) 159 (62) 1.5 (0.7, 3.2) 53 (45) 2.6 (0.5, 12.2) 56 (131) 1.9 (0.7, 5.3)
Frequency of physical exams
âNever/only when I need to 19 (109) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 19 (51) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 16 (15) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 17 (43) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
âMore than once a year 9 (50) 2.8 (1.6, 4.9) 6 (17) 2.0 (0.9, 4.7) 7 (6) 0.5 (0.1, 3.1) 6 (14) 2.2 (0.6, 9.1)
âOne time a year 41 (233) 2.1 (1.2, 3.6) 40 (109) 1.1 (0.5, 2.5) 39 (36) 0.6 (0.10, 3.8) 39 (97) 2.1 (0.5, 8.2)
âEvery 2â3 years 30 (170) 3.2 (1.5, 7.0) 36 (98) 2.9 (.7, 10.5) 38 (35) b n/a 38 (95) b n/a
Doctor or nurse recommended cancer screening
âYes 62 (355) 4.9 (3.3, 7.5) 54 (150) 5.2 (2.9, 9.3) 32 (29) 8.6 (2.5, 29.5) 45 (113) 6.4 (2.5, 16.2)
âNo 38 (218) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 46 (127) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 68 (63) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 55 (136) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0)
a

Bold type indicates significance at p<0.05

b

Too few individuals in this category to estimate an OR

c

Includes only individuals aged 51â60 years