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. 2021 Oct;9(20):1564. doi: 10.21037/atm-21-5010

Table 1. Characteristics of the subjects (n=1,640).

Characteristics Screening (n=1,640) P value
Failure, n (%) Success, n (%)
Number of people 1,008 (61.50) 632 (38.50)
Sex 0.007*
   Male 721 (63.64) 412 (36.36)
   Female 287 (56.61) 220 (43.39)
Age (years) 0.002*
   18–30 541 (60.58) 352 (39.42)
   31–45 309 (58.63) 218 (41.37)
   46–571 158 (71.82) 62 (28.18)
Ethnicity 0.822
   Han 998 (61.49) 625 (38.51)
   Minorities 10 (58.82) 7 (41.18)
Occupation 0.1693
   Worker 204 (59.65) 138 (40.35)
   National civil servant 3 (60.00) 2 (40.00)
   Farmer 27 (60.00) 18 (40.00)
   Student 132 (56.90) 100 (43.10)
Professional and technical personnel 23 (69.70) 10 (30.30)
   Freelancer 230 (57.64) 169 (42.36)
   Unemployed 23 (82.14) 5 (17.86)
   Other 319 (62.67) 190 (37.33)
   Missing2 47 0
Distance between residence location and central institution (km) 0.491
   <100 345 (64.13) 193 (35.87)
   100–200 294 (58.57) 208 (41.43)
   200–500 239 (61.60) 149 (38.40)
   500–1,000 67 (60.91) 43 (39.09)
   >1,000 63 (61.76) 39 (38.24)

1, the oldest recorded age in this study was 57 years; 2, missing indicates people who failed external network screening and voluntarily withdrew (withdrawal of informed consent) or did not provide occupational information; 3, excluding missing occupation information, this signifies whether a significant correlation exists between occupation and screening failure. *, the application of chi-square test, with P value <0.05 as the reference standard.