TABLE 2.
Assessment of personal risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) according to educational level: inappropriately estimated versus appropriately estimated
| Highest education level attained |
Family history of CRC
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Positive, n/n (subjects’ perceived risk of CRC, %) | Negative, n/n (subjects’ perceived risk of CRC, %) | |
| Not completed high school (n=21) | Below: 6/10 (60) | Below: 1/11 (9.1) |
| Appropriate: 4/10 (40) | Appropriate: 10/11 (90.9) | |
| Completed high school (n=116) | Below: 32/62 (51.6) | Below: 25/54 (46.3) |
| Appropriate: 30/62 (48.4) | Appropriate: 29/54 (53.7) | |
| Trade school (n=196) | Below: 66/112 (58.9) | Below: 41/84 (48.8) |
| Appropriate: 46/112 (41.1) | Appropriate: 43/84 (51.2) | |
| Bachelor program (n=127) | Below: 35/68 (51.5) | Below: 23/49 (46.9) |
| Appropriate: 33/68 (48.5) | Appropriate: 26/49 (53.1) | |
| Graduate program (n=99) | Below: 32/52 (61.5) | Below: 15/47 (31.9) |
| Appropriate: 20/52 (38.5) | Appropriate: 32/47 (68.1) | |