Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants, by Race

	African American	White	p-valuea
Sociodemographics and clinical characteristics, %	n=304	n=330
Age, years			0.1487
<55	46.4	52.1
≥55	53.6	47.9
Education			<0.0001
<4-year college	63.2	46.0
≥4-year college	25.7	41.8
Unknown	11.2	12.1
Health insurance			0.0006
Private	61.8	75.5
Nonprivate	31.9	19.1
Unknown	6.3	5.5
Family history			0.0487
Yes	36.8	44.5
No	63.2	55.5
Comorbidity count			<0.0001
0	14.8	29.7
≥1	85.2	70.3
Mode of detection			0.0013
Self-detected	48.4	35.8
Clinical breast exam/mammogram	51.6	64.2
Situational barriers,b%	n=143	n=226
Caring demand			0.2455
Yes	34.7	29.2
No	64.6	70.8
Unknown	0.7	0.0
Transportation issues			0.9499
Yes	12.5	11.5
No	85.4	87.2
Unknown	2.1	1.3
Job-related demands			0.2805
Yes	3.5	7.5
No	69.2	66.8
Not employed	27.3	25.7

^ap-values were generated from chi-square test of difference in proportions.

^bPatients who completed telephone interview.