Table 5.
Fecal occult blood test completion by treatment, gender, and age category
| |
Fecal occult blood test status
1,2,3
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Control group
4
|
Intervention group
5
|
TOTAL |
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| |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
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| Age group | No | Yes (%) | No | Yes (%) | No | Yes (%) | No | Yes (%) | No | Yes (%) |
|
50 to 54 |
69 |
50 (42.0) |
107 |
87 (44.9) |
45 |
79 (63.7) |
95 |
114 (54.6) |
316 |
330 (51.1) |
|
55 to 59 |
43 |
56 (56.6) |
76 |
88 (53.7) |
44 |
79 (64.2) |
64 |
129 (66.8) |
227 |
352 (60.8) |
|
60 to 64 |
49 |
60 (55.1) |
57 |
99 (63.5) |
27 |
73 (73.0) |
51 |
112 (68.7) |
184 |
344 (65.2) |
|
65 to 70 |
20 |
45 (69.2) |
39 |
84 (68.3) |
14 |
56 (80.0) |
33 |
67 (67.0) |
106 |
252 (70.4) |
|
70+ |
14 |
32 (69.6) |
27 |
62 (69.7) |
18 |
33 (64.7) |
13 |
59 (81.9) |
72 |
186 (72.1) |
| TOTAL | 195 | 243 (55.5) | 306 | 420 (57.9) | 148 | 320 (68.4) | 256 | 481 (65.3) | 905 | 1464 (61.8) |
1Significant effect of treatment (p < 0.0001) and age (p < 0.0001); no gender or socioeconomic status effects (data not shown).
2Values represent number of patients with incomplete FOBT (No) and complete FOBT (Yes) status for males and females in the control and intervention treatment groups.
3Bracketed values represent the percentage of patients with complete FOBT status.
4Number of missing values due to unknown age or gender was 4 males and 5 females for control group.
5Number of missing values due to unknown age or gender was 6 males and 5 females for the intervention group.