Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

	Compliant—return 2.5–14 mo		Noncompliant—no return		Total	χ2
	n	%	n	%	n	p
Age, y
≤40	195	53	176	47	371	.159
>40	53	61	34	39	87
Race
White	149	57	114	43	263	.211
Other	99	51	96	49	198
Language
Spanish	102	55	92	45	194	.563
Other	146	56	118	44	264
Surname
Spanish	145	55	120	45	265	.775
Other	103	53	90	47	193
Income
≤$50,000	170	52	155	48	335	.154
>$50,000	77	60	52	40	129
Marital status
Married	75	59	52	41	127	.192
Other	173	52	158	48	331
Pregnant
Yes	36	47	40	52	76	.194
No	212	55	170	43	382
Cytology
HSIL	42	55	34	45	76	.909
LSIL/ASCUS	204	55	170	45	374
Histology
CIN 2 or 3/CIS	77	55	62	45	139	.887
CIN 1/normal	165	56	129	44	294
Unknown (excluded)	6	24	19	76	25
Insurance
Government-funded insurance for women less than 60	180	55	147	45	327	.127
Government-funded and privately-funded insurance for women over 60	34	62	21	38	55
Self-pay or outpatient limited insurance	34	45	42	55	76
Referred from
UCI-FHC/UCIMC	141	60	93	40	234	.045
Planned parenthood	32	43	43	57	75
Community clinic	12	36	21	64	33
Private physician	20	50	20	50	40

HSIL, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; LSIL, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; ASCUS, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; UCI-FHC, University of California, Irvine, Family Health Center; UCIMC, University of California, Irvine Medical Center.