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. 2021 Dec 31;72(714):e26–e33. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2021.0350

Table 3.

Screening test selected among women who were screened within 4 months and 12 months by age, ethnic background, and time since last screening testa

Characteristic (χ2)b Women in the intervention arm who were screened within 4 months, % (n) Women in the intervention arm who were screened within 12 months, % (n) P-value


Non-speculum Self-sample Speculum Total, n P-value (χ2)b Non-speculum Self-sample Speculum Total, n
Age, years 0.066 0.164
  50–54 28.0 (7) 40.0 (10) 32.0 (8) 25 24.3 (9) 27.0 (10) 48.6 (18) 37
  55–59 18.2 (6) 48.5 (16) 33.3 (11) 33 15.7 (8) 37.3 (19) 47.1 (24) 51
  60–64 45.5 (10) 50.0 (11) 4.5 (1) 22 31.3 (10) 43.8 (14) 25.0 (8) 32

Ethnic background <0.001 <0.001
  White 24.5 (13) 62.3 (33) 13.2 (7) 53 21.3 (16) 50.7 (38) 28.0 (21) 75
  Black 28.6 (4) 7.1 (1) 64.3 (9) 14 19.0 (4) 9.5 (2) 71.4 (15) 21
  Asian 66.7 (6) 0.0 (0) 33.3 (3) 9 46.7 (7) 0.0 (0) 53.3 (8) 15
  Mixed/other/unknown 0.0 (0) 75.0 (3) 25.0 (1) 4 0.0 (0) 33.3 (3) 66.7 (6) 9

Time since the last screening test 0.185 0.241
  Late (6– <10 years) 27.7 (18) 43.1 (28) 29.2 (19) 65 22.4 (22) 32.7 (32) 44.9 (44) 98
  Very late (≥10–15 years) 33.3 (5) 60.0 (9) 6.7 (1) 15 22.7 (5) 50 (11) 27.3 (6) 22

Total 28.8 (23) 46.3 (37) 25.0 (20) 80 22.5 (27) 35.8 (43) 41.7 (50) 120
a

Percentages are row percentages.

b

Fisher’s exact test used for ethnic background.