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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Sep;53(3 Suppl 1):S30–S39. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.04.023

Table 3.

Predicted Marginals for Cancer Risk Factors for Young Adults by Mental Health Problems

Men Women

Mental health
problems
No MH
problems
Mental health
problems
No MH
problems

Cancer risk factors % (95% CI) % (95% CI) p-
value
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) p-
value
BMI 0.408 <0.001
  Underweight or normal weight 18.7 (17.6, 19.8) 81.3 (80.2, 82.4) 24.9 (23.6, 26.2) 75.1 (73.8, 76.4)
  Overweight or obese 18.1 (17.3, 19.0) 81.9 (81.0, 82.7) 31.6 (30.4, 32.8) 68.4 (67.2, 69.6)
Smoking <0.001 <0.001
  Never smoker 25.2 (24.1, 26.5) 74.8 (73.5, 75.9) 41.7 (40.1, 43.3) 58.3 (56.7, 59.9)
  Current or former smoker 13.7 (12.9, 14.5) 86.3 (85.5, 87.1) 21.7 (20.7, 22.8) 78.3 (77.2, 79.3)
Binge drinking in past month 0.010 0.002
  None 19.6 (18.4, 20.8) 80.4 (79.2, 81.6) 31.5 (29.4, 33.5) 98.5 (66.5, 70.6)
  One or more times 17.7 (17.0, 18.6) 82.3 (81.4, 83.0) 28.0 (27.1, 29.0) 72.0 (71.0, 72.9)
Leisure time physical activity in past month <0.001 <0.001
  Yes 17.6 (16.9, 18.3) 82.4 (81.7, 83.1) 27.7 (26.8, 28.7) 72.3 (71.3, 73.2)
  None 22.3 (20.6, 24.2) 77.7 (75.8, 79.4) 32.5 (30.4, 34.7) 67.5 (65.3, 69.6)
Adequate sleep (7+ hours) <0.001 <0.001
  Adequate sleep 14.5 (13.7, 15.3) 85.5 (84.7, 86.3) 24.6 (23.5, 25.7) 75.4 (74.3, 76.5)
  Inadequate sleep 24.5 (23.4, 25.7) 75.5 (74.3, 76.6) 30.3 (29.2, 31.4) 64.7 (63.1, 66.2)
Pap test in the past 3 yearsa - 0.688
  Had a Pap test NA NA 28.8 (27.8, 29.7) 71.2 (70.3, 72.2)
Did not have a Pap test NA NA 28.3 (26.0, 30.6) 71.7 (69.4, 74.0)

Notes: Respondents with missing data or who answered “don’t know” or refused are excluded from the denominators. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

a

Pap test among women aged 24–39 years.

MH, mental health; NA, not applicable