Table 3.
Univariate associations between demographic factors and screening test preference
| Preference, N(%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Characteristic | No. | FOBT | Stool DNA testing | CTC | Colonoscopy | P* |
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| Age, years | 0.69 | |||||
| 50–59 | 75 | 15 (20) | 10 (13) | 7 (9) | 43 (57) | |
| ≥ 60 | 25 | 2 (8) | 4 (16) | 3 (12) | 16 (64) | |
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| Sex | 0.04 | |||||
| Male | 63 | 13 (21) | 12 (19) | 5 (8) | 33 (52) | |
| Female | 37 | 4 (11) | 2 (5) | 5 (14) | 26 (70) | |
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| Ethnicity | 0.17 | |||||
| Hispanic | 3 | 2 (67) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (33) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 97 | 15 (15) | 14 (14) | 10 (10) | 58 (60) | |
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| Race | 0.42 | |||||
| White | 19 | 4 (21) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 14 (74) | |
| Black | 73 | 9 (12) | 13 (18) | 10 (14) | 41 (56) | |
| Other | 5 | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (60) | |
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| Education | 0.003 | |||||
| ≤ High school degree | 72 | 17 (24) | 11 (15) | 9 (13) | 35 (49) | |
| Some college or more | 28 | 0 (0) | 3 (11) | 1 (4) | 24 (86) | |
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| Health insurance | 0.19 | |||||
| Private/HMO | 19 | 2 (11) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 16 (84) | |
| Medicare | 7 | 3 (43) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 3 (43) | |
| Medicaid | 36 | 6 (17) | 5 (14) | 4 (11) | 21 (58) | |
| Free care | 32 | 6 (19) | 4 (13) | 5 (16) | 17 (53) | |
| None | 6 | 0 (0) | 3 (50) | 1 (17) | 2 (33) | |
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| Prior FOBT | 0.28 | |||||
| Yes | 32 | 3 (9) | 7 (22) | 1 (3) | 21 (66) | |
| No | 68 | 14 (21) | 7 (10) | 9 (13) | 38 (56) | |
*
Comparison for any stool test (blood or DNA) vs. CTC vs. colonoscopy.
CTC = CT colonography.
FOBT = fecal occult blood test.
HMO = health maintenance organization.