Table 2.

Respondent characteristics associated with reporting a recent CRC screening exam (n = 1098).

	Had recent CRC screening exam (yes vs. no)
Predictor	Women (n = 623)		Men (n = 475)
	Adj. OR (95% CI)	p	Adj. OR (95% CI)	p
Age
50–64 years	0.9 (0.6, 1.3)	0.48	0.8 (0.4, 1.3)	0.33
>= 65 years (ref)	1.0		1.0
Race/ethnicity*
African American NH	1.8 (0.8, 4.0)	0.17	1.0 (0.3, 3.4)	0.99
Other NH	----	---	3.6 (0.2, 69.3)	0.40
Hispanic	1.2 (0.4, 4.3)	0.74	0.3 (0.1, 2.5)	0.31
White (ref)	1.0		1.0
Education
< High school	0.4 (0.2, 1.2)	0.11	0.8 (0.3, 2.3)	0.67
High school grad	0.7 (0.4, 1.1)	0.15	0.7 (0.4, 1.5)	0.40
Post high school	0.9 (0.6, 1.5)	0.75	1.1 (0.6, 2.1)	0.71
College + (ref)	1.0		1.0
Medical insurance
No insurance	0.5 (0.2, 1.6)	0.27	1.1 (0.2, 5.5)	0.94
Medicare/Medicaid	0.6 (0.2, 1.3)	0.20	0.2 (0.1, 0.7)	0.01
Other commercial insurance (ref)	1.0		1.0
Health status
Poor – fair	2.0 (1.0, 3.7)	0.04	0.7 (0.3, 1.6)	0.46
Good	1.1 (0.8, 1.8)	0.52	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)	0.16
Very good – excellent (ref)	1.0		1.0
Family history CRC (yes)	1.5 (0.7, 3.4)	0.29	2.3 (0.9, 6.1)	0.09
No family history (ref)	1.0		1.0
Visit to MD in past 2 years (no)	0.5 (0.1, 1.9)	0.28	0.2 (0.1, 0.9)	0.03
Yes (ref)	1.0		1.0
Regular MD/usual place of care (no)	0.9 (0.3, 2.4)	0.85	0.6 (0.2, 2.0)	0.44
Yes (ref)	1.0		1.0
MD recommendation for CRC screening/MD discussed personal risk for CRC
No recommendation/no risk discussion	0.1 (0.1, 0.2)	<0.001	0.1 (0.1, 0.2)	<0.001
No recommendation/yes risk discussion	0.5 (0.2, 1.1)	0.07	0.7 (0.3, 1.5)	0.33
Yes recommendation/yes risk discussion (ref)	1.0		1.0
BMI category
Overweight	0.6 (0.4, 0.9)	0.02	0.9 (0.5, 1.7)	0.84
Obese	0.6 (0.3, 0.9)	0.04	0.9 (0.5, 1.9)	0.90
Normal (ref)	1.0		1.0

^*Only 6 respondents comprised the Other NH category among women – these were combined with the African American NH group for the regression model.

NOTE: Adj OR = adjusted odds ratio; odds ratios are adjusted for all listed predictors. Significant results are bolded.