TABLE 1.
Differences by race and geography N = 595
| Variable |
AA/Black n = 273 n(%) |
White n = 282 n(%) |
X2 [df] p |
Urban n = 134 n(%) |
Rural n = 443 n(%) |
X2 [df] p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saliva Biospecimen | 138(52.1) | 190(68) | 15.40[1] p < 0.00 | 95(75.4%) | 244(56.1%) | 15.2[1] p < 0.00 |
| Agree to be contacted | 177(67) | 222(80) | 12.50[1] p < 0.00 | 109(87.2%) | 302(69.6%) | 15.5[1] p < 0.00 |
| Demographics | ||||||
| Unemployment | 27(9.9) | 19(6.7) | 1.80[1] p = 0.17 | 17(13.0) | 31(7.0) | 4.70[1] p = 0.03 |
| Income < 50k | 157(57.5) | 133(47.2) | 5.91[1] p = 0.01 | 41(30.6) | 256(57.8) | 30.45[1] p = 0.00 |
| Private Insurance | 130(47.6) | 164(58.2) | 6.20[1] p = 0.013 | 81(60.4) | 218(49.2) | 5.20[1] p = 0.02 |
| Medicare | 92(33.7) | 78(27.7) | 3.70[1] p = 0.054 | 31(23.1) | 141(31.8) | 3.72[1] p = 0.054 |
| Medicaid | 38(13.9) | 34(12.1) | 0.43[1] p = 0.514 | 11(8.2) | 67(15.1) | 4.21[1] p = 0.04 |
| Uninsured | 20(7.3) | 20(7.1) | 0.01[1] p = 0.915 | 11(8.2) | 31(7.0) | 0.22[1] p = 0.63 |
| Education: Highschool or less | 117(43.7) | 100(35.7) | 3.61[1] p = 0.057 | 46(35.4) | 179(41.4) | 1.52[1] p = 0.21 |
| Access to Healthcare | ||||||
| Doctor last year | 248(93.6) | 251(89.6) | 2.73[1] p = 0.098 | 117(90.7) | 396(91.9) | 0.18[1] p = 0.671 |
| Dentist last year | 157(59.5) | 189(69.2) | 5.58[1] p = 0.018 | 83(68.0) | 272(63.3) | 0.94[1] p = 0.331 |
| Heard of clinical trials | 206(80.5) | 243(90.3) | 10.30[1] p = 0.001 | 104(86.7) | 355(84.7) | 0.27[1] p = 0.598 |
| Participated in clinical trials | 29(14.1) | 32(13.2) | 0.08[2] p = 0.95 | 25(24.0) | 37(10.5) | 13.71[2] p = 0.001 |
| Cancer Screening (ever screened) | ||||||
| Cervical Pap age ≥18 | 157(91.3) | 185(92.5) | 0.18[1] p = 0.66 | 82(96.5) | 266(90.8) | 2.92[1] p = 0.08 |
| Mammogram age ≥40 | 120(96.8) | 113(94.2) | 0.96[1] p = 0.32 | 54(93.1) | 183(96.3) | 1.08[1] p = 0.29 |
| Colonoscopy age ≥50 | 112(82.4) | 114(88.4) | 1.91[1] p = 0.16 | 50(89.3) | 180(84.9) | 0.70[1] p = 0.40 |
| Risk Behavior | ||||||
| Current smoking | 46(18.3) | 49(18.3) | 0.00[1] p = 0.990 | 20(17.1) | 78(18.8) | 0.19[1] p = 0.66 |
| Non‐medical drug use | 11(4.2) | 17(6.2) | 2.57[2] p = 0.27 | 7(5.7) | 19(4.4) | 0.98[2] p = 0.61 |
| Excessive drinking | 13(4.8) | 36(12.8) | 11.00[1] p = 0.001 | 14(10.4) | 35(7.9) | 0.86[1] p = 0.35 |
| BMI>25 | 220(85.6) | 174(64.4) | 31.20[1] p = 0.00 | 88(69.3) | 314(75.3) | 1.80[1] p = 0.1 |
| Sedentary Risk | 183(82.1) | 210(89.7) | 5.59[1] p = 0.01 | 92(86.8) | 314(86.0) | 0.04[1] p = 0.84 |
| Sociocultural and Psychological Factors | ||||||
| Health Literacy | 3.03(1.34) | 3.25(1.12) | t = −2.09[509] p = 0.037 | 3.38(1.08) | 3.05(1.29) | 2.80[225.9] p = 0.006 |
| Depression (CESD)> = 16 | 31(12.2) | 53(19.9) | 5.63[1] p = 0.01 | 21(17.1) | 63(15.3) | 0.22[1] p = 0.64 |
| Perceived Stress (means SD/t‐tests; p) | 5.60(SD 3.08) | 6.09(SD 3.48) | t = −1.73[530] p = 0.08 | 5.70(SD 3.23) | 5.86 (SD 3.33) | T = −0.46[205.7] p = 0.64 |
| Everyday Discrimination (means SD/t‐tests; p) | 5.46 (SD 5.53) | 6.08 (SD 5.14) | t = −1.31[516] p = 0.18 | 6.03 (SD 4.76) | 5.84 (SD 5.63) | T = 0.35[223.4] p = 0.72 |
a
Age missing = 30.
b
BMI missing = 35.
c
Sex missing = 9.
d
Race/ethnicity missing = 40.
e
Education missing = 16.
f
Income missing = 71.
g
Rural/urban missing = 18.
h
Insurance missing = 4.