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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2011 Mar 21;47(2):283–290. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2011.60

Table 2.

Health behaviors and cancer screening practices Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors and Siblings

Health Behavior Survivors (N=1040) Siblings (n=309) P value
Smoking, ever – no. (%)
Yes 423 (40.6%) 138 (44.7%) 0.20
Smoking, current – no. (%)
Yes 73 (7.0%) 40 (12.9%) <0.01
Risky alcohol intake – no. (%)
Yes 99 (9.5%) 41 (13.3%) 0.06
High risk behavior – no. (%)
Yes 88 (8.5%) 45 (14.6.0%) <0.01
Cancer Screening, Females Survivors (N=456) Siblings (N=196)
Breast self-examination – no. (%)
Monthly 132 (28.9%) 53 (27.0%) 0.62
Clinical breast examination – no. (%)
Within previous 2 years 403 (88.4%) 179 (91.3%) 0.26
Mammogram* – no. (%)
Ever 253 (96.2%) 121 (91.7%) 0.06
Pap smear – no. (%)
Within previous 2 years 390 (85.5%) 175 (89.3%) 0.20
Cancer Screening, Males Survivors (N=584) Siblings (N=113)
Testicular self-examination – no. (%)
Monthly 103 (17.6%) 23 (20.4%) 0.49
*

Limited to females ≥ 40 y.o. (survivors, n=263; siblings, n=132)