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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Sep 27;20(10):2132–2140. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0453

Table 1. Univariate associations between demographic, psychological variables and uptake of FOBt screening (N=529).

Predictor Completed FOBt
screening
n=296		 Did not complete
FOBt screening
n=233
Demographics
 SES [Mean (SD)] 2.33 (0.96) 2.05 (1.07) t (527) = 3.21;
p<0.001
 Age [Mean (SD)] 64.7 (3.3) 64.6 (3.2) t (527) <1; ns
 Sex [% (n)]
  Male
  Female
57.6 (137)
54.6 (159)
42.4 (101)
45.4 (132)
Chi-square (1)
= 0.50; ns
 Ethnicity [% (n)]
  White
  Non-white
  Missing
56.5 (271)
50.0 (17)
2.7 (8)
43.5 (209)
50.0 (17)
3.0 (7)
Chi-square (1)
= 0.46; ns
Health and negative affect
 Self-rated health1 [Mean (SD)] 3.0 (0.7) 2.7 (0.8) t (521) = 4.3;
p<0.001
 Depression1 [Mean (SD)] 6.3 (5.6) 7.2 (5.4) t (525) = 1.79;
p=0.07
Threat and fear
 Susceptibility1 [Mean (SD)] 3.1 (0.7) 3.0 (0.7) t (499) = 1.0;
ns
 Severity1 [Mean (SD)] 3.0 (0.6) 3.0 (0.7) t (509) <1; ns
 Fear1 [Mean (SD)] 2.7 (0.9) 2.7 (0.9) t (521) <1; ns
Efficacy and fatalism
 Self-efficacy1 [Mean (SD)] 3.8 (0.5) 3.7 (0.6) t (526) = 2.47;
p=0.014
 Response efficacy1 [Mean (SD)] 4.0 (0.5) 3.9 (0.5) t (526)=1.26;
ns
 Fatalism1 [Mean (SD)] 2.6 (3.1) 3.5 (3.4) t (521) = 3.33;
p<0.001
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Out of the 529 cases there were missing data for self-rated health (6 cases missing), depression (2 cases missing), susceptibility (28 cases missing), severity (18 cases missing), fear (6 cases missing), self-efficacy (1 case missing), response-efficacy (1 case missing) and fatalism (6 cases missing).