Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study sample eligible for repeat FIT, by Study Arm
| Characteristic | All Participants (n=568) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automated (n=285) |
Personal (n=283) |
p-value | ||
| Age, Mean (sd), n=562 | 58.4 (6.1) | 58.2 (5.9) | 58.5 (6.2) | 0.51 |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Age Categories | ||||
| 50–59 | 347 (62) | 178 (63) | 169 (61) | 0.16 |
| 60–69 | 185 (33) | 95 (34) | 90 (32) | |
| 70–85 | 30 (5) | 10 (4) | 20 (7) | |
| Female | 312 (55) | 154 (54) | 158 (56) | 0.67 |
| Years of Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 196 (35) | 94 (33) | 102 (36) | 0.90 |
| High school grad | 265 (47) | 133 (47) | 132 (47) | |
| Some College | 60 (11) | 32 (11) | 28 (10) | |
| ≥ College Graduate | 36 (6) | 20 (7) | 16 (6) | |
| Refused/Don’t Know | 8 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | |
| Race | ||||
| African-American | 376 (67) | 193 (68) | 183 (65) | 0.37 |
| Caucasian/Hispanic | 188 (33) | 89 (32) | 99 (35) | |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Single | 194 (35) | 99 (35) | 95 (34) | 0.25 |
| Married | 209 (37) | 96 (34) | 113 (40) | |
| Separated | 32 (6) | 20 (7) | 12 (4) | |
| Divorced | 73 (13) | 42 (15) | 31 (11) | |
| Widowed | 54 (10) | 25 (9) | 29 (10) | |
| Literacy Level | ||||
| Low/Marginal (0–60) | 224 (39) | 110 (39) | 114 (40) | 0.68 |
| Adequate (61–66) | 344 (61) | 175 (61) | 169 (60) | |