TABLE 2.
Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates by Demographics and Physician Recommendation for a CRC test*
| Variable | CRC Screening Within Guidelines (N = 36) |
No CRC Screening Within Guidelines (N = 68) |
Total | Unadjusted Chi-Square Test P Value† |
Adjusted Logistic Regression P Value‡, † |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 51–64 | 24 (34.8%) | 45 (65.2%) | 69 | ||
| ≥65 | 12 (34.3%) | 23 (65.7%) | 35 | — | — | |
| Sex | Female | 13 (25.5%) | 38 (74.5%) | 51 | ||
| Male | 23 (43.4%) | 30 (56.6%) | 53 | .055 | — | |
| Education | <High school | 5 (31.3%) | 11 (68.8%) | 16 | ||
| High school graduate/GED | 15 (27.3%) | 40 (72.7%) | 55 | |||
| College graduate | 5 (35.7%) | 9 (64.3%) | 14 | |||
| Some graduate school | 11 (64.7%) | 6 (35.3%) | 17 | .049§ | .103 | |
| Race‖ | Black/Other | 13 (27.7%) | 34 (72.3%) | 47 | ||
| White | 22 (40.0%) | 33 (60.0%) | 55 | — | — | |
| Marital status | Married | 23 (41.8%) | 32 (58.2%) | 55 | ||
| Single (not married) | 13 (27.1%) | 35 (72.9%) | 48 | — | .080 | |
| Working status | Part- or full-time | 13 (30.2%) | 30 (69.8%) | 43 | ||
| Retired | 16 (44.4%) | 20 (55.6%) | 36 | |||
| Volunteer, unemployed, disabled | 7 (28.0%) | 18 (72.0%) | 25 | — | — | |
| Insurance | None | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | 3 | ||
| Other insurance (82% reported either Medicaid or Medicare) | 10 (30.3%) | 23 (69.7%) | 33 | |||
| Private insurance | 25 (36.8%) | 43 (63.2%) | 68 | — | — | |
| MD recommend | No | 4 (10.3%) | 35 (89.7%) | 39 | ||
| Yes | 31 (55.4%) | 25 (44.6%) | 56 | <.001§ | <.001 | |
| Clinic | Inner city | 9 (25.7%) | 26 (74.3%) | 35 | ||
| Suburban | 12 (37.5%) | 20 (62.5%) | 32 | |||
| Urban/university | 15 (40.5%) | 22 (59.5%) | 37 | — | — |
*
Total N = 104. CRC indicates colorectal cancer; GED, general equivalency diploma.
†
P values less than or equal to .10 are reported.
‡
P values are from a logistic regression model on CRC screening adjusting for practice site, age, and race.
§
P values are from Fisher’s Exact Test, used where any cell-count was less than 5.
‖
Included African American (n = 41); interracial/multiracial (n = 3); American Indian, Native American, Alaskan Native (n = 1); Other (not specify; n = 1).