TABLE 2.

Time in Days From First FIT Order in 2011–2012 Until Return, Among Completed FITs (N = 34,087)

Patient Characteristics	Mean	Median	IQR
Total	44.5	13	6–42
Gender
Male	42.7	12	6–38
Female	45.9	13	6–45
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	45.5	13	6–44
Asian, non-Hispanic	35.5	9	5–25
Black, non-Hispanic	44.8	12	6–41
Other, non-Hispanic	44.5	13	6–52
Multiracial, non-Hispanic	49.9	14	6–56
Unknown/missing, non-Hispanic	45.4	12	6–42
Hispanic	46.0	12	6–48
Age groups in years
50–54	48.2	14	6–48
55–59	48.7	14	6–52
60–64	44.1	13	6–42
65–69	40.6	11	6–36
70–74	36.7	10	6–30
Insurance
Commercial	48.2	14	6–49
Medicare	39.5	11	6–34
Other	41.6	12	6–38
BMI (kg/m2)
Underweight (<18.5)	32.3	14	6–38
Normal or healthy weight (18.5–24.9)	39.5	11	6–34
Overweight (25.0–29.9)	41.2	12	6–37
Obese (≥30)	47.7	13	6–48
Missing	46.3	13	6–45
CCI score
0	43.6	12	6–41
1	48.7	13	6–49.5
2	46.8	13	6–48
≥3	47.0	13	6–50.5
Missing	41.8	12	6–35
Comorbidities
Diabetes (no)	43.8	12	6–41
Diabetes (yes)	49.4	14	6–51
Chronic pulmonary disease (no)	44.0	12	6–41
Chronic pulmonary disease (yes)	50.4	15	6–56
Myocardial infarction (no)	44.4	13	6–42
Myocardial infarction (yes)	49.2	13	6–56
CRC testing in past 2 years
Yes	39.4	12	6–37
No	47.7	13	6–47

BMI indicates body mass index; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; CRC, colorectal cancer; FIT, fecal immunochemical test; IQR, interquartile range.