TABLE 2.
Baseline Characteristics by Study Arm: Filipino Health Study, Los Angeles, CA, 2004–2009
| Intervention With FOBT Kit (n = 202), Mean ±SD or No. (%) | Intervention Without FOBT Kit (n = 183), Mean ±SD or No. (%) | Control (n = 163), Mean ±SD or No. (%) | Total (n = 548),a Mean ±SD or No. (%) | Pb | |
| General demographics | |||||
| Age, y | 59.2 ±6.2 | 59.7 ±6.1 | 59.0 ±6.5 | 59.3 ±6.2 | .512 |
| Years living in the United States | 18.5 ±12.5 | 17.7 ±12.2 | 19.0 ±12.0 | 18.4 ±12.2 | .602 |
| Female | 134 (66) | 122 (67) | 107 (66) | 363 (66) | .979 |
| Married | 135 (67) | 137 (75) | 105 (64) | 377 (69) | .088 |
| Education | .866 | ||||
| Less than college | 66 (33) | 58 (32) | 49 (30) | 173 (32) | |
| College or more | 136 (67) | 125 (68) | 114 (70) | 375 (68) | |
| Annual income less than $50 000 | 129 (68) | 117 (67) | 97 (63) | 343 (66) | .577 |
| Acculturation | |||||
| Baseline interview in English | 116 (57) | 103 (56) | 112 (69) | 331 (60) | .034 |
| Considers self | .245 | ||||
| More Filipino than American | 108 (56) | 118 (65) | 91 (60) | 317 (60) | |
| Equally Filipino and American | 76 (39) | 62 (34) | 54 (36) | 192 (36) | |
| More American than Filipino | 10 (5) | 3 (2) | 7 (5) | 20 (4) | |
| Language used with friends | .367 | ||||
| Mainly Filipino | 38 (19) | 40 (22) | 26 (16) | 104 (19) | |
| Half Filipino, half English | 153 (76) | 135 (74) | 123 (76) | 411 (75) | |
| Mainly English | 11 (5) | 7 (4) | 13 (8) | 31 (6) | |
| Health and access to health care | |||||
| Has any health problem | 161 (80) | 150 (82) | 123 (76) | 434 (79) | .322 |
| Has family history of cancer | 70 (35) | 70 (38) | 48 (29) | 188 (34) | .225 |
| Has health insurance | 138 (68) | 129 (71) | 117 (72) | 384 (70) | .764 |
| Has regular doctor | 162 (80) | 144 (79) | 125 (77) | 431 (79) | .718 |
| Colorectal cancer screening | |||||
| Doctor recommended any CRC screening | 88 (44) | 79 (43) | 67 (41) | 234 (43) | .883 |
| Ever had any CRC screening but not within guidelines | 60 (30) | 42 (23) | 34 (21) | 136 (25) | .117 |
| Doctor recommended FOBT | 59 (29) | 51 (28) | 37 (23) | 147 (27) | .350 |
| Ever had FOBT but not within last 12 mo | 48 (24) | 39 (21) | 25 (15) | 112 (20) | .131 |
| How likely to get FOBT in 6 mo | .802 | ||||
| Not likely | 33 (16) | 33 (18) | 25 (15) | 91 (17) | |
| Somewhat likely | 38 (19) | 33 (18) | 31 (19) | 102 (19) | |
| Very likely | 94 (47) | 94 (52) | 81 (50) | 269 (49) | |
| Depends on doctor recommendationc | 36 (18) | 22 (12) | 25 (15) | 83 (15) | |
| Doctor recommended endoscopy | 64 (32) | 53 (29) | 46 (28) | 163 (30) | .742 |
| Ever had endoscopy but not within guidelines | 19 (9) | 8 (4) | 14 (9) | 41 (8) | .14 |
| How likely to get endoscopy in 6 mo | .854 | ||||
| Not likely | 83 (41) | 73 (40) | 63 (39) | 219 (40) | |
| Somewhat likely | 52 (26) | 41 (22) | 41 (25) | 134 (25) | |
| Likely | 66 (33) | 69 (38) | 59 (36) | 194 (36) | |
Note. FOBT = fecal occult blood test. Endoscopy was either by sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy
a
Some rows do not total 548 because of missing values.
b
P values based on the χ2 test.
c
Not a response option, but many respondents volunteered this answer.