TABLE 3.

Factors associated with colorectal cancer screening knowledge.

	Heard of Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)			Heard of Colonoscopy/sigmoidoscopy			Medicare pay for colorectal cancer screening
	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
ADRD
No	Ref
AD	1.14	0.89	1.47	1.77	1.12	2.81	0.81	0.70	0.94
RD	0.87	0.69	1.09	1.03	0.70	1.53	0.86	0.74	1.01
Age
65–74	Ref
75–84	0.77	0.71	0.84	0.69	0.57	0.82	1.06	1.00	1.12
85+	0.57	0.50	0.64	0.60	0.48	0.75	0.80	0.73	0.88
Gender
Female	Ref
Male	0.62	0.56	0.69	0.61	0.52	0.72	0.85	0.80	0.90
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	Ref
Non-Hispanic black	0.81	0.67	0.99	0.48	0.37	0.62	0.75	0.65	0.85
Hispanic	0.46	0.37	0.57	0.52	0.38	0.71	0.94	0.83	1.07
Other	0.46	0.37	0.58	0.35	0.26	0.47	0.77	0.68	0.87
Education
Less than high school	Ref
High school graduate	1.42	1.27	1.60	1.49	1.19	1.85	1.06	0.98	1.15
Some college	1.59	1.38	1.84	1.95	1.44	2.64	1.21	1.09	1.34
College graduate	1.65	1.42	1.92	2.17	1.51	3.12	1.39	1.25	1.54
Marital status
Married	Ref
Widowed	0.90	0.79	1.01	0.86	0.70	1.06	0.85	0.79	0.90
Single	0.90	0.80	1.00	0.85	0.66	1.11	0.88	0.81	0.96
Income
Less than $10,000	Ref
$10,000 - $19,999	1.06	0.90	1.25	1.01	0.79	1.30	1.02	0.89	1.16
$20,000 - $39,999	1.36	1.15	1.61	1.43	1.07	1.92	1.02	0.89	1.17
$40,000 and more	1.62	1.36	1.93	1.91	1.41	2.60	1.04	0.91	1.20
Residence
Urban	Ref
Rural	1.22	1.07	1.39	1.17	0.95	1.42	1.00	0.90	1.12
Census region
Northeast	Ref
Midwest	0.89	0.71	1.13	0.73	0.56	0.94	0.85	0.74	0.98
South	1.03	0.91	1.18	0.77	0.61	0.98	0.95	0.81	1.11
West	0.88	0.75	1.02	0.71	0.56	0.91	0.80	0.68	0.94

FOBT, Fecal Occult Blood Test; ADRD, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; CI, confidence interval