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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016 Feb;27(1):68–83. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0027

Table 3. Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, Bmi and Cancer Screening Prevalences Among Men and Women According to the Ace Score (White or Black Participants).

Health-risk behaviors ACE score pa

0 1 2 3 4+
Smoker (White males) N=1575 N=528 N=287 N=160 N=387
 Never 41 31 32 28 27 <.0001
 Former 46 50 48 53 43
 Current < 20 cpd 6 7 6 9 12
 Current ≥ 20 cpd 8 13 13 9 17
Smoker (White females) N=2020 N=974 N=580 N=395 N=1187
 Never 55 52 44 38 34 <.0001
 Former 29 29 35 36 32
 Current < 20 cpd 9 11 10 15 17
 Current ≥ 20 cpd 6 8 11 11 16
Smoker (Black males) N=1356 N=798 N=397 N=219 N=439
 Never 28 26 25 18 13 <.0001
 Former 36 34 30 28 27
 Current < 20 cpd 30 34 38 42 46
 Current ≥ 20 cpd 6 6 7 12 13
Smoker (Black females) N=2906 N=1721 N=911 N=581 N=1311
 Never 54 48 45 41 37 <.0001
 Former 24 26 25 27 27
 Current < 20 cpd 20 23 26 27 30
 Current ≥ 20 cpd 3 3 3 5 6
Alcohol drinker (males) N=3149 N=1442 N=738 N=407 N=890
 Never/rarely 45 45 41 44 47 .38
 1–3 times per month 14 14 15 14 11
 1–6 times per week 28 27 32 28 28
 Daily 13 13 12 14 13
Alcohol drinker (females) N=5526 N=2997 N=1637 N=1072 N=2698
 Never/rarely 71 69 67 67 67 <.001
 1–3 times per month 12 13 15 14 14
 1–6 times per week 13 15 13 14 14
 Daily 4 4 4 5 5
BMI (kg/m2) (males) N=3128 N=1426 N=730 N=398 N=882
 <25 27 29 29 27 27 .004
 25–29 41 37 36 36 34
 30–34 19 20 20 20 24
 35–39 8 8 9 9 9
 ≥40 4 5 6 8 6
BMI (kg/m2) (females) N=5442 N=2946 N=1620 N=1062
 <25 22 19 20 18 18 <.0001
 25–29 28 27 25 24 23
 30–34 24 24 25 25 25
 35–39 14 14 15 16 15
 ≥40 13 17 14 17 18
Annual mammogram (females) 68 67 63 61 58 <.0001
Pap screening (females) 74 75 71 68 68 <.0001
Ever PSA screening (males) 67 63 61 58 54 <.0001
Ever sigmoidoscopy 30 29 28 28 29 .29
Ever colonoscopy 70 66 64 64 62 <.0001
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