Table 1.
US prevalence of colorectal cancer risk factors in adults aged 20–69 years overall, and by sex, race/ethnicity and age, NHANES 2007–2008a
| Risk Factorb | Overall % (SE) (n=3438) |
Sex % (SE) |
Race/Ethnicity % (SE) |
Age (years) % (SE) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n=1733) |
Female (n=1705) |
p-value | NHW (n=1758) |
NHB (n=897) |
MA (n=783) |
p-value | 20–34 (n=944) |
35–49 (n=1087) |
50–69 (n=1407) |
p-value | ||
| Cigarette smoking | ||||||||||||
| Ever | 48.97 (2.06) |
55.75 (2.30) |
42.73 (2.31) |
<0.01 | 51.10 (2.32) |
44.32 (2.22) |
38.29 (2.73) |
<0.01 | 46.02 (3.80) |
46.06 (2.62) |
55.28 (1.76) |
0.03 |
| Current | 26.19 (1.91) |
29.20 (1.97) |
23.42 (2.13) |
<0.01 | 26.11 (2.34) |
31.92 (2.51) |
19.37 (2.52) |
0.08 | 33.81 (2.81) |
26.84 (2.89) |
19.17 (1.51) |
<0.01 |
| Obesity | 35.61 (1.11) |
33.92 (1.29) |
36.25 (1.52) |
<0.01 | 33.54 (1.53) |
44.56 (2.39) |
40.32 (3.09) |
0.01 | 28.91 (2.27) |
36.16 (1.74) |
40.70 (2.92) |
<0.01 |
| Physical inactivity | 33.60 (1.78) |
26.75 (1.54) |
39.92 (2.07) |
<0.01 | 31.38 (2.28) |
45.20 (3.35) |
36.02 (3.73) |
0.02 | 25.50 (2.43) |
34.72 (2.21) |
39.31 (3.06) |
<0.01 |
| Intake | ||||||||||||
| Red meat | 30.67 (1.39) |
36.02 (2.16) |
25.75 (1.49) |
<0.01 | 31.25 (1.74) |
27.87 (2.14) |
29.79 (1.80) |
0.60 | 34.65 (1.72) |
29.05 (2.53) |
28.92 (1.73) |
0.01 |
| Processed meat | 14.33 (1.91) |
18.69 (1.14) |
10.31 (1.09) |
<0.01 | 14.11 (1.01) |
18.10 (1.60) |
11.15 (1.34) |
0.08 | 15.77 (1.15) |
14.60 (1.86) |
12.86 (1.57) |
0.47 |
| Alcohol | 8.47 (1.18) |
12.52 (1.40) |
4.73 (1.39) |
<0.01 | 9.28 (1.31) |
6.95 (1.21) |
4.06 (0.98) |
0.01 | 7.25 (1.20) |
8.70 (1.08) |
9.27 (1.95) |
0.37 |
a
Weighted. NHW: Non-Hispanic white, NHB: Non-Hispanic black, MA: Mexican American. Differences between groups evaluated using the chi-square test.
b
Ever smoking: >100 lifetime cigarettes smoked; Current smoking: cigarettes smoked on “most” or “some” days; Obesity: ≥ 30 kg/m2; Physical inactivity: < 150 minutes of moderate or < 75 minutes of vigorous activity each week; Red meat intake: ≥ 2 oz total red meat intake in 24-hr recall; Processed meat intake: ≥ 2 oz total processed meat intake in 24-hr recall; Alcohol intake: ≥ 2 drinks on most days.