Table 2.

Independent associations of demographic characteristics with incorrect reporting of cancer history^a (n=3,612^b who reported their cancer history correctly; n=67 who reported their cancer history incorrectly)

	Odds ratio	95% CI	p-Value
Sex (male vs. female)	2.8	1.49–5.31	0.0014
Age group (<50 years vs. >50 years)	2.5	1.53–4.12	0.0003
Education (<12 vs. >12)	1.4	0.85–2.38	0.1829
Rural (rural vs. urban)	0.8	0.49–1.43	0.5217
Language (English vs. non-English)	1.2	0.69–1.99	0.5698

^aOutcome = reported cancer status correctly (yes/no).

^bSample size varied between 361 and 3,680 due to missing values for covariate data.