Table 2.

Key Findings

Religious Denominations (Ref: Not Being Religious or Belonging to Another Religious Group)
			Mammogram or Clinical Breast Examination	Pap Smear	Self-Breast Examination	Cervical Screening	Cholesterol Screening	Prostate Screening	Colonoscopy	Fecal Occult Blood Test or Endoscopy	Any Kind of Screening
Christian	General		0025,56	++61,62	+25	057 –59
	Catholic		+53 0026,27	026 –55	00026,27,55	046 –59	+27 023	+27
	Protestant	General	+56 026 –23	027	027	046	+27	+27
		Mainline	+26	+26	026		+23
		Evangelical	026	026	026		023
		Baptist	048
		Methodist	048	+55	055
		Holiness	048
		Presbyterian		+55	055
	Church of Ireland			+55	+55
	Pentecostal					-59
	Apostolic sects					-59
Jews			+27 026	++26,27	+27 026		+27 023	+27
Muslims			025	061 -30	-25	+57 -46
Buddhists				++6,30,61,62
Hinduist				061
Other			0026,48	0026,30	026 –57		023
Religiosity
			Mammogram or clinical breast examination	Pap smear	Self-breast examination	Cervical screening	Cholesterol screening	Prostate screening	Colonoscopy	Fecal Occult Blood Test or endoscopy	Any kind of screening
Religiosity (ref.: low)			+47 000026,27,48,54 —25,52,58	+27 026 –50	+26 027 -25		+44 0023,45	+27 031
Religious locus of health control (ref.: no)			+54 058				045		045
Being faith-driven (ref.: no)				-50
Religious attendance
			Mammogram or clinical breast examination	Pap smear	Self-breast examination	Cervical screening	Cholesterol screening	Prostate screening	Colonoscopy	Fecal Occult Blood Test or endoscopy	Any kind of screening
Religious attendance (ref.: never)			++++26,29,49,60 000047,48,51,58	++26,29 049	++26,29		++23,44 045	+51	045	+49	+28
Religious activities (ref.: sometimes)							044
Congregational support (ref.: no health-related discussions with church members)							+45
Being active in one’s church (ref.: not frequently)			047
Church health committee (ref.: no)			047
Breast cancer as a focus of the church health committee (ref.: no)			-47

Notes: +: significant positive association; 0: no significant association; -: significant negative association.