Table 2.

Continuous correlates of ever having had an oral cancer screening examination (n=477)

Item or scale	Mean (SD)		OR (95% CI)
	Previous screening	No previous screening	Bivariate	Multivariate†
Number of years lived in current county (n=477)	27.55 (16.99)	27.18 (16.24)	1.00 (0.99–1.02)	--
Anxiety (BAI; n=445)	8.30 (8.52)	11.87 (10.83)	0.97 (0.94–1.00)*	1.01 (0.97–1.05)
Perceived stress (PSS; n=477)	15.76 (7.31)	17.84 (7.43)	0.97 (0.93–1.01)	--
Discrimination (DAS-DQ; n=477)	7.92 (7.25)	8.97 (7.52)	0.99 (0.95–1.02)	--
Major life events (LSC-R, n=434)	6.30 (4.41)	7.11 (4.25)	0.97 (0.90–1.04)	--
Trust in physician (TPS, n=415)	40.28 (7.10)	40.96 (7.44)	0.99 (0.95–1.03)	--
Locus of health control¶ (GLHC, n=405)	16.91 (6.89)	19.71 (7.53)	0.95 (0.91–0.98)**	0.94 (0.89–0.98)**

Totals may be less than stated sample size due to missing data.

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; DAS-DQ, Detroit Area Study Discrimination Questionnaire; LSC-R, Life Stressor Checklist-Revised; TPS, Trust in Physician Scale; GLHC, God Locus of Health Control.

^†Multivariate model contained 375 participants due to missing data and did not include variables with dashes (--);

^¶Higher scores indicate lower perceived control over personal health.

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01.