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Table 1 Characteristics of study population by gastric cancer screening attendance within 2 years (n = 10,658)

From: Determinants of gastric cancer screening attendance in Korea: a multi-level analysis

  

No

Yes

 
  

(n = 5974)

(n = 4684)

 
  

N (%)

N (%)

p-value*

Age (years)

40-49

1854 (31.0)

1391 (29.7)

<0.01

 

50-59

1344 (22.5)

1369 (29.2)

 
 

60-69

1291 (21.6)

1226 (26.2)

 
 

≥70

1485 (24.9)

698 (14.9)

 

Sex

Male

2530 (42.4)

2026 (43.3)

0.35

 

Female

3444 (57.7)

2658 (56.8)

 

Household income

Quartile 1

1852 (31.0)

1086 (23.2)

<0.01

 

Quartile 2

1550 (26.0)

1134 (24.2)

 
 

Quartile 3

1365 (22.9)

1112 (23.7)

 
 

Quartile 4

1207 (20.1)

1352 (28.9)

 

Educational attainment

Elementary school or uneducated

2716 (45.5)

1822 (38.9)

<0.01

 

Middle school

878 (14.7)

763 (16.3)

 
 

High school

1577 (26.4)

1233 (26.3)

 
 

University or higher

803 (13.4)

866 (18.5)

 

Marital status

Without spouse

1408 (23.6)

703 (15.1)

<0.01

 

With spouse

4551 (76.4)

3966 (84.9)

 

Economic activity

No

2607 (43.9)

1847 (39.6)

<0.01

 

Yes

3337 (56.1)

2823 (60.5)

 

NHI vs Medicaid

NHI

5574 (94.2)

4474 (95.9)

<0.01

 

Medicaid

341 (5.8)

190 (4.1)

 

Private health insurance

No

2699 (46.0)

1563 (33.9)

<0.01

 

Yes

3172 (54.0)

3052 (66.1)

 

Self-reported health status

Healthy

2268 (38.0)

1764 (37.7)

0.69

 

Middle

1927 (32.3)

1548 (33.0)

 
 

unhealthy

1777 (29.7)

1372 (29.3)

 

Limitation of activity

Limited

1543 (55.5)

1130 (44.5)

0.04

 

Unlimited

4429 (57.7)

3554 (42.3)

 

Smoking

   

<0.01

 

Never

3427 (57.5)

2829 (60.5)

 
 

Ex-smoker

1216 (20.4)

1069 (22.9)

 
 

current smoker

1317 (22.1)

775 (16.6)

 

Problem drinking (AUDIT) score

0 ~ 11

4922 (83.0)

3862 (83.0)

0.93

 

≥12

1005 (17.0)

792 (17.0)

 

Depression

No

5105 (85.4)

3987 (85.1)

0.63

 

Yes

869 (14.6)

697 (14.9)

 

Gastric or duodenal ulcer history

No

5576 (93.3)

4264 (91.0)

<0.01

 

Yes

398 (6.7)

420 (9.0)

 
  1. *p-value by chi-square test.