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Table 3 Demographics in the included and excluded subjects (n=954)

From: Comparison of patient preferences for fecal immunochemical test or colonoscopy using the analytic hierarchy process

Variable

Included subjects (n =667)

Excluded subjects (n =287)

p-values

Age in years (SD)

56.7 (7.4)

58.0 (7.4)

0.0135

Gender

  

0.3476

 Female

399 (59.9%)

162 (56.6%)

 

 Male

267 (40.1%)

124 (43.4%)

 

Marital Status

  

0.6326

 Single

166 (24.9%)

65 (22.8%)

 

 Married

468 (70.3%)

203 (71.2%)

 

 Widowed

32 (4.8%)

17 (6.0%)

 

Race

  

0.9115

 White

617 (93.1%)

268 (94.4%)

 

 Black

17 (2.6%)

6 (2.1%)

 

 Asian

17 (2.6%)

7 (2.5%)

 

 American Indian

3 (0.5%)

1 (0.4%)

 

 Others

9 (1.4%)

2 (0.7%)

 

Ethnicity

  

0.6120

 Hispanic

7 (1.1%)

4 (1.4%)

 

Education level

  

0.1134

 High school or less

112 (16.8%)

64 (22.3%)

 

 Some college or higher

552 (82.8%)

221 (77.0%)

 

Insurance status

   

 Private

446 (67.2%)

186 (65.5%)

0.6161

 Medicaid/Iowa Care

129 (19.4%)

59 (20.8%)

0.6338

 Medicare

110 (16.6%)

53 (18.7%)

0.4334

 None

12 (1.8%)

7 (2.4%)

0.5165

Annual income

  

0.7372

 < $40,000

204 (30.6%)

88 (30.7%)

 

 $40,000 to < $80,000

169 (25.3%)

80 (27.8%)

 

 ≥ $80,000

266 (39.9%)

105 (36.6%)

 

 Unreported

28 (4.2%)

14 (4.9%)

 

Rurality

  

0.2249

 Rural

217 (32.5%)

105 (36.6%)

 

 Urban

450 (67.5%)

182 (63.4%)