Table 1.
Demographics of Patients Whose Abnormal Pap Test Occurred Prior to or After the Release of New Guidelines
| Characteristics |
Preguideline n=1085 |
Postguideline n=721 | Chi-Square |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | P | |
| Age group, years | 0.007* | ||
| 18–20 | 169 (15) | 95 (13) | |
| 21–25 | 408 (38) | 234 (33) | |
| 26+ | 508 (47) | 392 (54) | |
| Race or ethnicity | 0.08 | ||
| Hispanic | 321 (30) | 233 (32) | |
| Black | 377 (35) | 222 (31) | |
| White | 307 (28) | 226 (31) | |
| Other | 80 (7) | 40 (6) | |
| Language | 0.23 | ||
| English | 768 (71) | 518 (72) | |
| Spanish | 188 (17) | 135 (19) | |
| Other | 129 (12) | 68 (9) | |
| Index abnormality | 0.11 | ||
| LSIL | 992 (91) | 674 (93) | |
| HSIL | 93 (9) | 47 (7) | |
| Insurance status | 0.06 | ||
| Uninsured | 343 (32) | 194 (27) | |
| Public | 395 (36) | 296 (41) | |
| Private | 347 (32) | 231 (32) | |
| Clinical site | [lt]0.01* | ||
| A | 250 (23) | 216 (30) | |
| B | 254 (24) | 161 (22) | |
| C | 69 (6) | 41 (6) | |
| D | 118 (11) | 94 (13) | |
| E | 209 (19) | 161 (22) | |
| F | 185 (17) | 48 (7) |
*
Some observed differences may be due to differences in data collection: data collected in 2004–2005 (baseline and feasibility study) included all patients with high grade lesions and a random selection of patients with low grade lesions, while data from 2007–2008 (intervention) included all patients with abnormal Pap tests.