Colorectal cancer screening behavior and willingness: An outpatient survey in China

Table 2 Factors associated with outpatients’ previous screening behavior n (%)

Variable	Previously screened		OR (95% CI)	P value
	No (n = 775)	Yes (n = 226)
Gender
Female	401 (78.6)	109 (21.4)	1.000	0.365
Male	374 (76.2)	117 (23.8)	1.151 (0.856-1.548)
Age (yr)
< 40	356 (89.7)	41 (10.3)	1.000	< 0.001
≥ 40	419 (69.4)	185 (30.6)	3.834 (2.657-5.532)
Health insurance
No	303 (84.6)	55 (15.4)	1.000	< 0.001
Yes	472 (73.4)	171 (26.6)	1.996 (1.426-2.794)
Educational level
Primary or no schooling	52 (75.4)	17 (24.6)	1.000	-
Secondary education	319 (71.7)	126 (28.3)	1.208 (0.673-2.169)	0.526
High education	404 (83.0)	83 (17.0)	0.628 (0.346-1.141)	0.127
Monthly household income, RMB (yuan)
< 4000	397 (73.8)	141 (26.2)	1.000	0.003
≥ 4000	378 (81.6)	85 (18.4)	0.633 (0.467-0.858)
Level of knowledge
Low	261 (90.6)	27 (9.4)	1.000	-
Moderate	213 (86.2)	34 (13.8)	1.543 (0.902-2.639)	0.113
High	301 (64.6)	165 (35.4)	5.299 (3.415-8.223)	< 0.001

OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.