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.

Table 2 Intra-racial comparison of being up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening by racial distribution of family history of any cancer

	Family history of any cancer	Up-to-date with CRC screening
		Wt % screened	Unadjusted OR (95%CI)	Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Overall	No (n = 1094)	55.1	Reference	Reference
	Yes (n = 3138)	64.9	1.51 (1.25-1.81)	1.45 (1.20-1.74)
By race
White	No (n = 818)	58.7	Reference	Reference
White	Yes (n = 2560)	66.9	1.42 (1.18-1.72)	1.49 (1.24-1.78)
Black	No (n = 107)	49.2	Reference	Reference
Black	Yes (n = 244)	54.5	1.24 (0.64-2.38)	1.34 (0.61-2.94)
Hispanic	No (n = 92)	41.9	Reference	Reference
Hispanic	Yes (n = 134)	56.7	1.81 (0.84-3.89)	1.42 (0.55-3.67)

Adjusted for age, sex, education, health insurance, BMI, smoking, marital status and personal history of cancer. CRC: Colorectal cancer; BMI: Body mass index.

Table 3 Inter-racial comparison of being up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening by racial distribution of family history of any cancer

Race	Family history of any cancer	Up-to-date with CRC screening
		Wt % screened	Unadjusted OR (95%CI)	Adjusted OR (95%CI)
White	No (n = 818)	58.7	Reference	Reference
White	Yes (n = 2560)	66.9	1.42 (1.18-1.72)	1.45 (1.21-1.74)
Black	No (n = 107)	49.2	0.68 (0.39-1.18)	0.96 (0.51-1.80)
Black	Yes (n = 244)	54.5	0.84 (0.54-1.31)	1.16 (0.71-1.90)
Hispanic	No (n = 92)	41.9	0.51 (0.27-0.95)	0.84 (0.48-1.47)
Hispanic	Yes (n = 134)	56.7	0.92 (0.57-1.48)	1.25 (0.72-2.18)

Adjusted for age, sex, education, health insurance, BMI, smoking, marital status and personal history of cancer. CRC: Colorectal cancer; BMI: Body mass index.