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Table 2 Characteristics of the population who received an offer for CRC screening (n = 6008)

From: To do or not to do – a survey study on factors associated with participating in the Danish screening program for colorectal cancer

Characteristics

Participants

Non- participants

Total

 

n

%

N

%

N

%

p-value*

Overall (row-%)

4971

82.62

1037

17.38

6008

100.00

 

Sex

 Female

2701

54.35

475

45.81

3176

52.86

< 0.0001

Age groups

 50–60

1916

38.54

483

46.58

2399

39.93

 

 61–70

1890

38.02

357

34.43

2247

37.40

 

 71–80

1165

23.44

197

19.00

1362

22.67

< 0.0001

Educationa

 Basic school

919

18.49

192

18.51

1111

18.49

 

 High school

2195

44.16

436

42.04

2631

43.79

 

 Vocational education

276

5.55

37

3.57

313

5.21

 

 Medium education

1114

22.41

239

23.05

1353

22.52

 

 High education

467

9.39

133

12.83

600

9.99

0.001

Average income per year (Euro)

 < 20,000

294

5.91

90

8.68

384

6.39

 

 20,000 – 33,333

1508

30.34

353

34.04

1861

30.98

 

 33,334 – 46,666

1505

30.28

295

28.45

1800

29.96

 

 46,667 – 66,666

1158

23.30

209

20.15

1367

22.75

 

 > 66,666

506

10.18

90

8.68

596

9.92

< 0.0001

Body mass index

 < 25

2062

41.48

405

39.05

2467

41.06

 

 25–30 (overweight)

1933

38.89

373

35.97

2306

38.38

 

 > 30 (obese)

892

17.94

232

22.37

1124

18.71

0.001

 Unknownb

84

1.69

27

2.60

111

1.85

 

Self-assessed health

 Good health

4265

85.80

859

82.84

5124

85.29

0.014

Health literacy score

 Sufficient (<  8)

4106

83.15

839

81.46

4945

82.86

0.19

Willingness to take health risks

 Low

3772

75.99

719

69.33

4491

74.84

 

 Moderate

820

16.52

207

19.96

1027

17.11

 

 High

372

7.49

111

10.70

483

8.05

< 0.0001

Smoking status

 Never smoked

2986

60.06

528

50.92

3514

58.49

 

 Quit smoking

1342

27.00

277

26.71

1619

26.95

 

 Smoker

643

12.94

232

22.37

875

14.56

< 0.0001

Self-assessed nutrition

 Healthy and very healthy

2910

58.54

537

51.78

3447

57.37

< 0.0001

Physical activity

 5 times a week and more

718

14.44

140

13.50

858

14.28

0.43

Alcohol consumption

 None

1109

22.31

298

28.74

1407

23.42

 

 1 to 14 units per week

2462

49.53

442

42.62

2905

48.34

 

  > 14 units per week

1400

28.16

297

28.64

1697

28.25

< 0.0001

  1. *Chi square test comparing people participating and not participating in screening
  2. a “medium education” includes tertiary and bachelor’s education, and “high education” includes master and PhD-educations
  3. b no information on weight or height available, this group was included in the analysis to omit selection bias due to missings