Table 3.

The relationship between gender and awareness of lifestyle risk factors for colorectal cancer (N=448)

Lifestyle risk factor	Female n (%)	Male n (%)	P value
Daily eating of processed meat	182 (76.5)	138 (66.7)	0.014*
Tobacco use	178 (74.8)	131 (63.6)	0.007*
Drinking alcohol	165 (69.3)	119 (57.8)	0.008*
Daily eating of red meat	149 (62.6)	89 (43.0)	<0.001*
Low fruit and vegetables (<5 servings/day)	110 (46.2)	43 (20.9)	<0.001*
Diet low in fibre	113 (47.5)	90 (43.7)	0.24
Overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)	95 (39.9)	91 (44.2)	0.20

*Statistically significant.

BMI, body mass index.