Table 2 Characteristics of participants stratified by the family history of cancer in the matched sample
Variable | Unweighted | Weighted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total N (%) | No FHC N (%) | FHC N (%) | p-value | Total % | No FHC % | FHC % | p-value | |
PS, mean (SD) | 0.29 (0.13) | 0.29 (0.12) | 0.6266 | 0.29 (0.13) | 0.21 (0.11) | |||
Age (years), mean(SE) | 56.49 (16.85) | 55.83 (16.96) | 57.15 (16.71) | 0.0910 | 48.47 (0.40) | 47.75 (0.56) | 49.23 (0.58) | 0.0662 |
Education | 0.3297 | 0.5655 | ||||||
< = High school | 410 (22.23) | 195 (21.17) | 215 (23.29) | 27.70 | 25.34 | 30.22 | ||
Some college | 552 (29.93) | 266 (28.88) | 286 (30.99) | 42.13 | 45.08 | 38.98 | ||
College graduate | 522 (28.32) | 270 (29.32) | 252 (27.30) | 17.21 | 16.78 | 17.66 | ||
Postgraduate | 360 (19.52) | 190 (20.63) | 170 (18.42) | 12.96 | 12.80 | 13.13 | ||
Gender | 0.0002 | 0.1968 | ||||||
Female | 1054 (57.34) | 488 (53.04) | 566 (61.66) | 49.44 | 46.66 | 52.44 | ||
Male | 784 (42.66) | 432 (46.96) | 352 (38.34) | 50.56 | 53.34 | 47.56 | ||
Marital status | 0.0231 | 0.0733 | ||||||
Married | 1026 (55.67) | 534 (58.04) | 492 (53.30) | 57.19 | 58.90 | 55.35 | ||
Separated | 501 (27.18) | 224 (24.35) | 277 (30.01) | 11.92 | 9.85 | 14.12 | ||
Single | 316 (17.15) | 162 (17.61) | 154 (16.69) | 30.90 | 31.25 | 30.52 | ||
Race | < 0.0001 | 0.0004 | ||||||
African Americans | 285 (16.51) | 136 (15.98) | 149 (17.03) | 14.39 | 13.37 | 15.49 | ||
Caucasians | 1234 (71.50) | 583 (68.51) | 651 (74.40) | 74.14 | 70.56 | 77.92 | ||
Others | 207 (11.99) | 132 (15.51) | 75 (8.57) | 11.46 | 16.09 | 6.59 | ||
Sexual orientation | 0.5705 | |||||||
Heterosexual | 1675 (94.79) | 837 (94.79) | 838 (94.80) | 93.57 | 94.74 | 92.33 | ||
Homosexual | 38 (2.15) | 19 (2.15) | 19 (2.15) | 2.23 | 2.36 | 2.09 | ||
Others | 54 (3.06) | 27 (3.06) | 27 (3.05) | 4.20 | 2.90 | 5.58 | ||
E-cigarette use | 0.6714 | 0.2659 | ||||||
Ever | 228 (12.34) | 111 (12.01) | 117 (12.66) | 18.86 | 16.56 | 21.32 | ||
Never | 1620 (87.66) | 813 (87.99) | 807 (87.34) | 81.14 | 83.44 | 78.68 | ||
Cigarette use | 0.3722 | 0.0497 | ||||||
Never | 1195 (65.19) | 611 (66.63) | 584 (63.76) | 68.65 | 73.32 | 63.66 | ||
Current | 179 (9.77) | 89 (9.71) | 90 (9.83) | 9.78 | 8.28 | 11.38 | ||
Former | 459 (25.04) | 217 (23.66) | 242 (26.42) | 21.57 | 18.40 | 24.96 | ||
Colorectal cancer testing | 0.0013 | 0.1575 | ||||||
Yes | 1095 (60.03) | 512 (56.33) | 583 (63.72) | 48.37 | 42.91 | 48.42 | ||
No | 729 (39.97) | 397 (43.67) | 332 (36.28) | 51.63 | 57.09 | 51.58 | ||