Table 2.

Association between receiving an endoscopy within 5 years and/or home fecal occult blood test within previous year and Medicare coverage period for Medicare beneficiaries without a previous cancer diagnosis, by race/ethnicity

	Pre-FOBT Odds ratio* (95% CI)	FOBT only Odds ratio* (95% CI)	Post-colonoscopy Odds ratio* (95% CI)
Non-Hispanic White	1.0 Ref	1.0 Ref	1.0 Ref
Non-Hispanic Black	0.74 (0.61-0.90)	0.66 (0.52-0.83)	0.80 (0.68-0.95)
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.90 (0.65-1.24)	0.84 (0.57-1.25)	0.77 (0.59-1.00)
Hispanic	0.91 (0.63-1.32)	0.91 (0.61-1.35)	0.73 (0.54-0.99)

^*Odds ratios are adjusted for age, sex, SES (median household income at zip code level), urban/rural residence and SEER registry.

Statistically significant (p<0.05) odds ratios denoted in bold.