Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Apr 24;71(2):249–255. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.03.032

Table 4.

Frequencies of skin examination

White
n (%)
Ethnic Minority
n (%)
P-value (based on
Wilcoxon test)

Frequency of SSE
    • Daily 96/774 (12.4%) 17/260 (6.5%) p<0.01
    • Weekly 143/774 (18.5%) 24/260 (9.2%)
    • Monthly 219/774 (28.3%) 42/260 (16.2%)
    • Yearly 104/774 (13.4%) 38/260 (14.6%)
    • Less than yearly 101/774 (13.0%) 45/260 (17.3%)
    • Never 111/774 (14.3%) 94/260 (36.2%)

Frequency of FBSE
by a HCP
    • More than yearly 140/770 (18.2%) 11/262 (4.2%) p<0.01
    • Yearly 252/770 (32.7%) 40/262 (15.3%)
    • Less than yearly 205/770 (26.6%) 51/262 (19.5%)
    • Never 173/770 (22.5%) 160/262 (61.1%)