Table 1.
Absolute and relative frequencies of respondents who had/had not had a faecal occult blood test (FOBT) according to selected explanatory variables.
| Total (N = 7568) |
No FOBT (N = 5377, 71.0%) |
Yes FOBT (N = 2191, 29.0%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explanatory Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | p Value |
| Autonomous community | |||||||
| Basque Country | 387 | 5.10 | 107 | 27.70 | 280 | 72.30 | <0.001 |
| Navarre | 108 | 1.40 | 43 | 39.50 | 65 | 60.50 | |
| Castile–León | 436 | 5.80 | 222 | 50.90 | 214 | 49.10 | |
| Valencian Community | 825 | 10.90 | 454 | 55.10 | 370 | 44.90 | |
| La Rioja | 54 | 0.70 | 31 | 56.80 | 23 | 43.20 | |
| Cantabria | 99 | 1.30 | 60 | 60.30 | 39 | 39.70 | |
| Canary Islands | 352 | 4.60 | 223 | 63.30 | 129 | 36.70 | |
| Aragon | 210 | 2.80 | 146 | 69.50 | 64 | 30.50 | |
| Murcia | 219 | 2.90 | 156 | 71.50 | 62 | 28.50 | |
| Catalonia | 1224 | 16.20 | 905 | 73.90 | 319 | 26.10 | |
| Balearic Islands | 175 | 2.30 | 130 | 74.60 | 44 | 25.40 | |
| Galicia | 454 | 6.00 | 348 | 76.60 | 106 | 23.40 | |
| Castile La Mancha | 336 | 4.40 | 271 | 80.80 | 65 | 19.20 | |
| Madrid | 956 | 12.60 | 781 | 81.70 | 175 | 18.30 | |
| Asturias | 208 | 2.80 | 179 | 85.80 | 30 | 14.20 | |
| Andalusia | 1313 | 17.40 | 1127 | 85.90 | 186 | 14.10 | |
| Ceuta–Melilla | 24 | 0.30 | 22 | 89.60 | 3 | 10.40 | |
| Extremadura | 188 | 2.50 | 172 | 91.30 | 16 | 8.70 | |
| Age | |||||||
| 50–54 years | 2367 | 31.3 | 1841 | 77.8 | 526 | 22.2 | <0.001 |
| 55–59 years | 2047 | 27.0 | 1441 | 70.4 | 605 | 29.6 | |
| 60–64 years | 1666 | 22.0 | 1116 | 67.0 | 550 | 33.0 | |
| 65–69 years | 1488 | 19.7 | 979 | 65.7 | 510 | 34.3 | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Man | 3710 | 49.0 | 2608 | 70.3 | 1102 | 29.7 | 0.157 |
| Woman | 3858 | 51.0 | 2769 | 71.8 | 1089 | 28.2 | |
| Country of birth | |||||||
| Spain | 6843 | 90.4 | 4786 | 69.9 | 2057 | 30.1 | <0.001 |
| Outside Spain | 725 | 9.6 | 591 | 81.5 | 134 | 18.5 | |
| Flu vaccine (last campaign) | |||||||
| No | 6150 | 81.3 | 4495 | 73.1 | 1655 | 26.9 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1418 | 18.7 | 882 | 62.2 | 536 | 37.8 | |
| Colonoscopy (ever) | |||||||
| No | 6007 | 79.4 | 4626 | 77.0 | 1381 | 23.0 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1561 | 20.6 | 751.0 | 48.1 | 810 | 51.9 | |
| Blood/urine test * | |||||||
| No | 1592 | 21.0 | 1279 | 80.3 | 314 | 19.7 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 5976 | 79.0 | 4098 | 68.6 | 1877 | 31.4 | |
| X-ray * | |||||||
| No | 5359 | 70.8 | 3873 | 72.3 | 1486 | 27.7 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 2209 | 29.2 | 1504 | 68.1 | 705 | 31.9 | |
| CT scan * | |||||||
| No | 6715 | 88.7 | 4843 | 72.1 | 1872 | 27.9 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 853 | 11.3 | 534 | 62.6 | 319 | 37.4 | |
| Ultrasound * | |||||||
| No | 6207 | 82.0 | 4504 | 72.6 | 1704 | 27.4 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1361 | 18.0 | 873 | 64.2 | 487 | 35.8 | |
| MRI * | |||||||
| No | 6709 | 88.6 | 4821 | 71.9 | 1888 | 28.1 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 859 | 11.4 | 556 | 64.7 | 303 | 35.3 | |
| Hospital admission * | |||||||
| No | 6895 | 91.1 | 4935 | 71.6 | 1961 | 28.4 | 0.002 |
| Yes | 673 | 8.9 | 442 | 65.8 | 230 | 34.2 | |
| ED visit * | |||||||
| No | 5599 | 74.0 | 4022 | 71.8 | 1577 | 28.2 | 0.011 |
| Yes | 1969 | 26.0 | 1355 | 68.8 | 614 | 31.2 | |
| PC visit (last month) | |||||||
| No | 5034 | 66.5 | 3705 | 73.6% | 1329 | 26.4% | <0.001 |
| Yes | 2534 | 33.5% | 1672 | 66.0% | 862 | 34.0% | |
* in the last year, CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; ED: emergency department; PC: primary care.