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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Jul 18;22(9):1612–1619. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0254

Table 3.

Association between odds of FOBT+, CRC− results at an individual screening round and patient characteristics and between colonoscopy risk among those with FOBT+ results and patient characteristics based on logistic regression.

FOBT+, CRC− Colonoscopy following FOBT+
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Age
  50–54 1 ref ref 1 ref ref
  55–59 1.08 (0.99, 1.17) 0.091 0.91 (0.73, 1.12) 0.371
  60–64 1.25 (1.14, 1.36) <0.001 0.93 (0.74, 1.16) 0.520
  65–69 1.42 (1.30, 1.56) <0.001 0.90 (0.72, 1.13) 0.358
  69–74 1.61 (1.47, 1.76) <0.001 0.85 (0.67, 1.06) 0.151
  75–79 1.80 (1.64, 1.98) <0.001 0.58 (0.46, 0.72) <0.001
Year of exam
  1997–1998 1 ref ref 1 ref ref
  1999–2000 1.19 (1.09, 1.30) <0.001 1.74 (1.43, 2.12) <0.001
  2001–2002 1.11 (1.01, 1.22) 0.023 2.00 (1.61, 2.47) <0.001
  2003–2004 1.19 (1.08, 1.32) <0.001 2.63 (2.07, 3.34) <0.001
  2005–2006 1.02 (0.92, 1.14) 0.650 1.95 (1.52, 2.49) <0.001
  2007–2009 1.14 (1.04, 1.24) 0.005 2.48 (2.00, 3.07) <0.001
Sex
  Male 1 ref ref 1 ref ref
  Female 0.75 (0.71, 0.79) <0.001 0.91 (0.8, 1.03) 0.136
Race
  White 1 ref ref 1 ref ref
  Asian/Pacific Islander 1.88 (1.74, 2.03) <0.001 0.76 (0.63, 0.92) 0.005
  Black 1.47 (1.29, 1.68) <0.001 1.13 (0.81, 1.57) 0.483
  American Indian/Alaskan Native 1.42 (1.03, 1.96) 0.035 1.20 (0.50, 2.90) 0.688
Number of prior FOBTs
  0 1 ref ref 1 ref ref
  1 0.77 (0.73, 0.83) <0.001 1.48 (1.25, 1.76) <0.001
  2 0.64 (0.58, 0.70) <0.001 1.66 (1.29, 2.13) <0.001
  3 0.57 (0.50, 0.64) <0.001 1.90 (1.32, 2.75) 0.001
  4+ 0.48 (0.42, 0.55) <0.001 1.94 (1.29, 2.91) 0.002