Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants in screening and diagnostic groups.
| Screening group | Diagnostic group | P-value | |
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| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Total | 919 (54.87) | 756 (45.13) | |
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 44.09 ± 12.15* | 36.50 ± 11.61* | <0.001 |
| Race | <0.001 | ||
| White | 448 (48.75) | 487 (64.42) | |
| Black | 138 (15.02) | 73 (9.66) | |
| Asian | 64 (6.96) | 62 (8.20) | |
| Hispanic | 257 (27.97) | 100 (13.23) | |
| Native American | 3 (0.33) | 8 (1.06) | |
| Others | 9 (0.98) | 26 (3.44) | |
| Education | 0.22 | ||
| High school or less | 224 (24.40) | 201 (26.62) | |
| Some college | 594 (64.71) | 489 (64.77) | |
| College | 100 (10.89) | 65 (8.61) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||
| Never married | 184 (20.02) | 222 (29.37) | |
| Married | 506 (55.06) | 298 (39.42) | |
| Living in married-like situation | 35 (3.81) | 73 (9.66) | |
| Divorced/separated | 168 (18.28) | 149 (19.71) | |
| Widowed | 26 (2.83) | 12 (1.59) | |
| Unknown | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.26) | |
| Employment | 0.79 | ||
| Employed (full- or part-time) | 624 (67.90) | 518 (68.52) | |
| Others | 295 (32.10) | 238 (31.48) | |
| Smoking status | <0.001 | ||
| Former smoker | 210 (22.85) | 149 (19.71) | |
| Current smoker | 94 (10.23) | 175 (23.15) | |
| Never smoked | 615 (66.92) | 431 (57.01) | |
| Unknown | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.13) | |
| Drinking alcohol | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 591 (64.38) | 560 (74.17) | |
| No | 327 (35.62) | 195 (25.83) | |
| Menopause | <0.001 | ||
| Premenopausal | 524 (57.08) | 634 (83.86) | |
| Postmenopausal | 278 (30.28) | 101 (13.36) | |
| Perimenopausal | 116 (12.64) | 21 (2.78) | |
| Histology | <0.001 | ||
| Normal | 594 (65.78) | 212 (28.34) | |
| ASCUS | 188 (20.82) | 138 (18.45) | |
| LSILs | 107 (11.85) | 191 (25.53) | |
| HSILs | 14 (1.55) | 207 (27.67) | |
| Cytology | <0.001 | ||
| Normal | 893 (92.20) | 418 (56.72) | |
| ASCUS | 13 (1.43) | 23 (3.12) | |
| LSILs | 43 (4.73) | 121 (16.42) | |
| HSILs | 15 (1.65) | 75 (23.74) |
Note:
*
Mean and standard error.
Abbreviations: ASCUS, atypical squamous cell undetermined significance; LSILs, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions; HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions.