Table 2.
Prevalences of Health Behaviors
| Parameter | Testis Cancer Survivors |
Age-Matched Relative Controls |
CDC Controls |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counts | % | SE | Counts | % | SE | Counts | % | SE | |
| Check cholesterol | |||||||||
| Never/more than 12 months | 32 | 19.8 | 0.31 | 23 | 31.1 | 0.54 | 2,314 | 39.19 | 0.06 |
| Within past years | 73 | 45.1 | 0.39 | 40 | 54.1 | 0.58 | 3,590 | 60.80 | 0.06 |
| Missing | 57 | 35.2 | 0.38 | 11 | 14.9 | 0.41 | 1,922 | — | — |
| Total | 162 | 74 | 7,826 | ||||||
| Drinking times/month having > 5 drinks at once | |||||||||
| 0 | 70 | 43.2 | 0.39 | 29 | 39.2 | 0.57 | 5,698 | 74.56 | 0.05 |
| 1 or more | 53 | 32.7 | 0.37 | 23 | 31.1 | 0.54 | 1,944 | 25.43 | 0.05 |
| Missing | 39 | 24.1 | 0.34 | 22 | 29.7 | 0.53 | 184 | — | — |
| Total | 162 | 74 | 7,826 | ||||||
| Physical activity | |||||||||
| Physically inactive | 30 | 18.5 | 0.31 | 9 | 12.2 | 0.38 | 203 | 14.00 | 0.09 |
| Irregular activity | 45 | 27.8 | 0.35 | 36 | 48.7 | 0.58 | 453 | 31.24 | 0.12 |
| Regular activity | 63 | 38.9 | 0.38 | 18 | 24.3 | 0.50 | 540 | 37.24 | 0.13 |
| Regular, vigorous activity | 24 | 14.8 | 0.28 | 11 | 14.9 | 0.41 | 254 | 17.51 | 0.10 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6,376* | — | — |
| Total | 162 | 74 | 7,826 | ||||||
| Smoking status | |||||||||
| Current | 29 | 17.9 | 0.30 | 12 | 16.2 | 0.43 | 1,454 | 18.60 | 0.04 |
| Former | 33 | 20.4 | 0.32 | 14 | 18.9 | 0.46 | 1,743 | 22.30 | 0.05 |
| Never | 99 | 61.1 | 0.38 | 47 | 63.5 | 0.56 | 4,619 | 59.09 | 0.06 |
| Refused | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | — | — |
| Missing | 1 | 0.6 | 0.06 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.14 | — | — | — |
| Total | 162 | 74 | 7,826 | ||||||
| Fruits and vegetables | |||||||||
| Less than once/day or never | 12 | 7.4 | 0.21 | 4 | 5.4 | 0.26 | 40 | 4.12 | 0.06 |
| 1 to < 3 times/day | 79 | 48.8 | 0.39 | 38 | 51.4 | 0.58 | 382 | 39.34 | 0.16 |
| 3 to < 5 times/day | 52 | 32.1 | 0.37 | 23 | 31.1 | 0.54 | 345 | 35.53 | 0.15 |
| 5 or more times/day | 18 | 11.1 | 0.25 | 9 | 12.2 | 0.38 | 204 | 21.01 | 0.13 |
| Refused | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 6,855* | — | — |
| Missing | 1 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 162 | 74 | 7826 | ||||||
| Median No. of drinks/month | 9 | 9 | 6 | ||||||
| Range | 243 | 243 | 600 | ||||||
| Median No. of drinks/month for drinkers only | 17 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| Range | 242 | 242 | 599 | ||||||
NOTE. — indicates that the SE is not estimable because of zero cell counts. The missing categories for the CDC data were not included because a missing response reported in the CDC data meant the question was not asked.
Abbreviation: CDC, Centers for Disease Control.
*
For the fruit/vegetable and physical activity sections of the CDC data, the sample size is smaller because these sections of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were administered to subsamples rather than all 50 states.