Race and colorectal cancer screening compliance among persons with a family history of cancer

Table 1 Comparison of characteristics of respondents with and without a family history of cancer

	Family history of cancer		P value
Characteristics	No	Yes
	n = 1094 (27.4%)	n = 3138 (72.6%)
Mean age, yr (95%CI)	63.4 (62.7-64.2)	63.8 (63.5-64.1)
Sex, n (%)			< 0.001
Male	520 (55.8)	1158 (42.5)
Female	574 (44.2)	1980 (57.5)
Race, n (%)			< 0.001
White	818 (70.4)	2560 (82.1)
Black	107 (12.6)	244 (9.6)
Hispanic	92 (10.0)	134 (5.2)
Other	62 (6.9)	123 (3.1)
Education status, n (%)			0.03
Less than high school	139 (19.6)	287 (14.6)
High school	287 (25.2)	857 (28.6)
Some college/vocation	297 (31.1)	933 (31.7)
College graduate	365 (24.1)	1050 (25.2)
Marital status, n (%)			0.01
Unmarried	406 (32.1)	1300 (37.2)
Married	684 (67.9)	1822 (62.8)
Insurance status, n (%)			0.001
Uninsured	100 (12.1)	201 (7.3)
Insured	983 (87.9)	2886 (92.7)
Smoking status, n (%)			0.31
Never	499 (44.7)	1472 (46.2)
Former	400 (37.4)	1205 (38.7)
Current	179 (18.0)	419 (15.1)
Body mass index in kg/m2			0.82
< 25	363 (31.7)	1047 (31.7)
25-29	406 (39.0)	1160 (37.8)
≥ 30	316 (29.3)	905 (30.5)
Personal history of cancer, n (%)			0.06
No	908 (87.8)	2536 (85.3)
Yes	185 (12.2)	592 (14.7)

All percentages are weighted.