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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2008 Sep 4;103(10):2432–2442. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02117.x

Table 4.

Univariate Predictors

Willing Not Willing P Value
Univariate analysis, factors associated with willingness to take celecoxib
Baseline 15% 85%
Age (mean) 65.2 64.4 0.81
Gender
 Male 15% (11/72) 85% (61/72) 1.0
 Female 14% (4/28) 86% (24/28)
Current/prior COX-2
 Yes 11% (3/27) 89% (24/27) 0.75
 No 16% (12/73) 84% (61/73)
Hx cancer
 Yes 6% (1/16) 94% (15/16) 0.45
 No 17% (14/84) 83% (70/84)
Hx heart disease
 Yes 14% (4/28) 86% (24/28) 1.0
 No 15% (11/72) 85% (61/72)
Barrett’s dysplasia
 Yes 18% (9/50) 82% (41/50) 0.40
 No 12% (6/50) 88% (44/50)
Education level
 Less than HS 20% (1/5) 80% (4/5) 0.45
 HS or GED 19% (5/26) 81% (21/26)
 College 9% (4/43) 91% (39/43)
 Postgraduate 19% (5/26) 81% (21/26)
Univariate analysis, factors associated with willingness to take ASA
Baseline 76% 24%
Age (mean) 62.9 69.8 0.009
Gender
 Male 74% (53/72) 27% (19/72) 0.37
 Female 82% (23/28) 18% (5/28)
Current ASA use
 Yes 69% (27/39) 31% (12/39) 0.21
 No 80% (49/61) 20% (12/61)
Hx cancer
 Yes 63% (10/16) 38% (6/16) 0.20
 No 79% (66/84) 21% (18/84)
Hx heart disease
 Yes 64% (18/28) 36% (10/28) 0.09
 No 81% (58/72) 19% (14/72)
Barrett’s dysplasia
 Yes 70% (35/50) 30% (15/50) 0.16
 No 82% (41/50) 18% (9/50)
Education level
 Less than HS 20% (1/5) 80% (4/5) 0.01
 HS or GED 69% (18/26) 31% (8/26)
 College 86% (37/43) 14% (6/43)
 Postgraduate 77% (20/26) 23% (6/26)

ASA = aspirin; Hx = history; HS = high school; GED = graduate equivalency diploma.

Percentages do not always add to 100% because of rounding.