TABLE 1.
Demographic and health characteristics of the sample by BMI category (n = 1098).
| Overall sample | BMI category
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| Normal | Overweight | Obese | |||||||
| 18.5 – 24.9 | 25 – 29.9 | ≥ 30 | |||||||
| (34%; n = 371) | (42%; n = 456) | (25%; n = 271) | |||||||
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| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | p* | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||||||||
| Age | <0.01 | ||||||||
| 50–64 years | 45 | (490) | 43 | (158) | 41 | (188) | 53 | (144) | |
| 65 + years | 55 | (603) | 57 | (210) | 59 | (267) | 47 | (126) | |
| Gender | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Female | 57 | (623) | 68 | (251) | 49 | (225) | 54 | (147) | |
| Male | 43 | (475) | 32 | (120) | 51 | (231) | 46 | (124) | |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.26 | ||||||||
| White NH | 92 | (1001) | 94 | (342) | 92 | (418) | 90 | (241) | |
| African American NH | 5 | (53) | 4 | (15) | 5 | (21) | 6 | (17) | |
| Hispanic | 2 | (21) | 1 | (3) | 2 | (9) | 3 | (9) | |
| Other NH | 1 | (13) | 1 | (5) | 1 | (6) | 1 | (2) | |
| Education | <0.01 | ||||||||
| < High school | 5 | (56) | 5 | (18) | 5 | (22) | 6 | (16) | |
| High school graduate | 27 | (296) | 23 | (84) | 30 | (135) | 28 | (77) | |
| Post high school | 29 | (316) | 25 | (91) | 30 | (139) | 32 | (86) | |
| College + | 39 | (426) | 48 | (175) | 35 | (160) | 34 | (91) | |
| Medical Insurance | 0.28 | ||||||||
| None | 3 | (34) | 4 | (16) | 2 | (9) | 3 | (9) | |
| Medicare/Medicaid | 5 | (56) | 4 | (15) | 6 | (27) | 5 | (14) | |
| HMO/other commercial | 92 | (1001) | 92 | (339) | 92 | (415) | 92 | (247) | |
| Health characteristics | |||||||||
| Any recent CRC screening exam | 72 | (788) | 76 | (280) | 72 | (330) | 67 | (178) | 0.02** |
| Recent CRC screening modality (n = 784) | 0.01** | ||||||||
| Colonoscopy | 56 | (441) | 57 | (159) | 59 | (195) | 49 | (87) | |
| FOBT | 24 | (193) | 27 | (75) | 24 | (79) | 22 | (39) | |
| Sigmoidoscopy | 11 | (87) | 9 | (26) | 9 | (31) | 17 | (30) | |
| FOBT + sigmoidoscopy | 5 | (37) | 4 | (12) | 4 | (13) | 7 | (12) | |
| Double contrast barium enema | 4 | (30) | 3 | (8) | 4 | (12) | 6 | (10) | |
| Health status | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Poor – fair | 13 | (144) | 8 | (28) | 13 | (61) | 21 | (55) | |
| Good | 38 | (417) | 33 | (122) | 39 | (178) | 44 | (117) | |
| Very good – excellent | 49 | (530) | 59 | (217) | 48 | (221) | 35 | (92) | |
| No family history CRC | 90 | (993) | 91 | (339) | 90 | (418) | 90 | (236) | 0.92 |
| Regular health care provider and usual place of health care | 95 | (1043) | 95 | (350) | 97 | (439) | 94 | (254) | 0.15 |
| Visit to physician in past 2 years (yes) | 97 | (1066) | 97 | (360) | 98 | (446) | 96 | (260) | 0.33 |
| MD recommendation for CRC screening | 75 | (820) | 76 | (281) | 78 | (355) | 68 | (184) | 0.01 |
| MD discussed risk for CRC | 38 | (165) | 37 | (57) | 41 | (75) | 35 | (33) | 0.56 |
NOTE: Percentages are based on slightly different sample sizes due to missing values within each characteristic.
*
p for BMI categories by characteristic comparison
**
p’s for linear trend: BMI categories by recent screening exam and CRC screening modality comparison