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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Knowledge and attitudes of primary healthcare patients regarding population-based screening for colorectal cancer

Variables

Categories

Cases (N = 625)

Valid %

Women % (N = 361)

Men % (N = 261)

Age

50-54

123

19.7

22.4

15.7

 

55-59

143

22.9

24.1

21.1

 

60-64

177

28.3

28.5

28.0

 

65-69

182

29.1

24.9

35.2

Region

Balearic islands

254

40.6

42.2

37.2

 

Barcelona

371

59.4

56.8

62.8

Educational level

< Elementary school

121

19.7

22.7

15.9

 

Elementary school

385

62.7

63.2

62.0

 

High school

73

11.9

9.1

15.5

 

Bachelor's degree

35

5.7

5.1

6.6

Job situation

Active

242

39.0

35.5

43.2

 

Not active

378

61.0

64.5

56.8

Smoking

Yes

98

15.8

12.2

20.8

 

No

519

83.4

87.2

78.0

Eats fruit daily

Yes

584

93.7

93.1

94.6

 

No

39

6.3

6.9

5.4

Eats vegetables daily

Yes

549

88.3

93.1

94.6

 

No

73

11.7

10.0

13.8

Practices physical activity Daily

Yes

486

78.3

76.3

81.2

 

No

134

21.6

23.7

18.5

Chronic health problem

Yes

452

77.7

77.1

78.6

 

No

123

21.1

21.7

20.2

 

Don't know

7

1.2

1.2

1.2

Type of chronic health problem

Hypertension

330

52.8

52.1

54.4

 

Diabetes

175

28.0

22.4

35.6

 

Depression

79

12.6

17.5

6.1

 

Anxiety

66

10.6

13.9

6.1

 

Heart failure

32

5.1

3.0

8.0

 

Renal failure

14

2.2

1.4

3.4

 

Asthma

27

4.3

4.2

4.2

 

COPD

22

3.5

1.7

6.1

 

Irritable bowel

16

2.6

3.0

1.1

 

Diverticulosis

12

1.9

2.5

1.1

 

Ulcerative colitis

4

0.6

0.6

0.8

History of polyps

Yes

30

4.8

5.8

3.5

 

No

567

91.3

90.9

91.8

 

Don't know

24

3.9

3.3

4.7

History of cancer

Yes

62

10.1

10.4

9.8

 

No

540

88.1

87.3

89.0

 

Don't know

11

1.8

2.3

1.2

Type of cancer

Breast

20

-

5.5

-

 

Skin

13

2.1

1.4

3.1

 

Urinary bladder

4

0.6

0.0

1.5

 

Lung

2

0.3

0.3

0.4

 

Prostate

8

-

-

3.1

 

Other

11

1.8

1.4

2.3

Family history of colorectal cancer

Yes

108

17.5

21.1

12.5

 

No

472

77.1

74.4

80.8

 

Don't know

33

5.4

4.5

6.7