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Published in final edited form as: JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e2011645. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11645

Table 3.

Multivariable Associations Between Independent Variables and Overscreening for Colorectal, Cervical, and Breast Cancers, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018

Characteristic aOR (95% CI)
Overscreening for CRCa Overscreening for cervical cancerb Overscreening for breast cancerc
Men Women
No./total No. (%) 9461/16 595 (59.3%) 14 463/26 812 (56.2%) 31 988/74 670 (45.8%) 26 198/35 177 (74.1%)
Metropolitan status
 Nonmetropolitan 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Metropolitan 1.17 (0.99–1.37) 1.23 (1.08–1.39) 1.20 (1.11–1.29) 1.36 (1.17–1.57)
Have a usual source of care
 No 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Yes 1.24 (0.89–1.73) 1.18 (0.83–1.69) 1.87 (1.56–2.25) 2.08 (1.58–2.76)
Self-reported health
 Fair or poor 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Good, very good, or excellent 0.87 (0.74–1.03) 0.96 (0.83–1.11) 1.21 (1.11–1.32) 1.47 (1.28–1.69)
Educational attainment
 ≤High school degree 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 >High school degree 0.97 (0.83–1.13) 0.96 (0.85–1.08) 1.14 (1.06–1.23) 1.30 (1.16–1.46)
Marital status
 Other 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
 Married or living as married 1.12 (0.97–1.30) 0.89 (0.78–1.01) 1.36 (1.26–1.46) 1.54 (1.34–1.77)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic
  White 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference] 1 [Reference]
  Black 1.32 (0.97–1.80) 1.27 (1.00–1.61) 2.05 (1.77–2.38) 1.48 (1.09–2.01)
 Hispanic 1.91 (1.24–2.95) 0.96 (0.62–1.46) 2.41 (1.94–3.00) 1.42 (0.97–2.07)
 Other 0.68 (0.45–1.03) 0.91 (0.62–1.34) 1.19 (0.97–1.46) 1.03 (0.79–1.36)

Abbreviation: CRC, colorectal cancer; aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

a

Data on CRC screening behaviors were missing for 4342 men and 7432 women.

b

Data on cervical cancer screening behavior missing for 8141 women. This model also controlled for hysterectomy history.

c

Data on breast cancer screening behavior missing for 3179 women.