Table 2.
Self-Reported Screening and Lifestyle Behaviors of Respondents
| No Family History N=170 (%) |
Relatives N = 310 (%) |
Total N=480 (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Screening (persons may list more than one procedure)** |
|||
| FOBT last 2 years | 49 (29) | 67 (22) | 116 (24) |
| Flexible sigmoidoscopy within 5 yrs | 21 (12) | 21 (7) | 42 (9) |
| Colonoscopy within 5 yrs | 58 (34) | 172 (55) | 230 (48) |
| No screening | 70 (41) | 88 (28) | 158 (33) |
| Healthy Diet | |||
| Healthy diet always | 61 (36) | 102 (33) | 163 (34) |
| Healthy diet sometimes | 106 (62) | 197 (64) | 303 (63) |
| Health diet rarely or never | 1 (<1) | 10 (3) | 11 (2) |
| Refused | 2 (1) | 1 (<1) | 3 (<1) |
| Exercise Habits** | |||
| Exercise regularly or occasionally | 138 (81) | 246 (79) | 384 (80) |
| Exercise rarely or never | 30 (18) | 63 (20) | 93 (19) |
| Refused | 2 (1) | 1 (<1) | 3 (<1) |
| Lifestyle Habits | |||
| Alcohol —drinks less than 1/day | 151 (89) | 270 (87) | 421 (88) |
| Smokes cigarettes, cigar | 11 (7) | 35 (11) | 46 (10) |
FOBT = fecal occult blood test
**
indicates significant difference between relatives and controls (p < 0.05)