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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 2.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2013 Sep 9;57(5):679–684. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.031

Table 4. Colorectal Screening Status According to Family History.

N Up-to-date for Low Risk
Guidelines
Up-to-date for High Risk
Guidelines

N (%)
Up-to-date
Odds Ratio2
(95% CI)
N (%)
Up-to-date
Odds Ratio2
(95% CI)

Men 1,555 622 (40%) 505 (32%)

Age less than 75 1333 534 (40%) 437 (33%)

Family History of CRC Cancer
 No Family history information 867 (56%) 280 (32%) 0.68 (0.53 - 0.88) 181 (21%) 0.70 (0.55-0.91)3
 Negative Family history 659 (42%) 321 (49%) 1.0 217 (33%) 1.0
 1st Degree Relative with CRC 29 (2%) 21 (72%) 2.89 (1.15-7.29) 16 (55%) 2.55 (1.10 - 5.89)4

Women 1,839 711 (39%) 551 (29%)

Age less than 75 1508 585 (39%) 464 (30%)

Family History of CRC Cancer
 No Family history information 813 (44%) 245 (30%) 0.76 (0.60 - 0.96) 197 (24%) 0.87 (0.68 - 1.11)5
 Negative Family history 966 (53%) 429 (44%) 1.0 326 (34%) 1.0
 1st Degree Relative with CRC
 cancer
60 (3%) 37 (62%) 2.47 (1.32-4.64) 28 (47%) 1.94 (1.08-3.48)6
1

Patients with test orders within guidelines but no record of test being done 6 months after order were excluded from the analysis (N=8 men, 31 women).

2

Odds ratios were determined using random effects logistic regression models that included clinics as a random effect and adjusted for age, ethnicity, smoking status, length of contact with clinic, last recorded insurance type, BMI category, number of clinic visits, and digestive and cardiovascular disease co-morbidity.

3

Odds ratio in analysis restricted to age less than 75: 0.82 (0.63-1.08).

4

Odds ratio in analysis restricted to age less than 75: 3.34 (1.53-7.25).

5

Odds ratio in analysis restricted to age less than 75: 0.85 (0.64-1.12).

6

Odds ratio in analysis restricted to age less than 75: 1.96 (1.01-3.82)