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Table 1 Comparison of baseline variables by order of presentation of screening kit

From: Attitudes towards the Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) versus the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) for colorectal cancer screening: perceived ease of completion and disgust

 

First presentation

 
 

FOBT

FIT

All

n

99

101

200

Age, mean (SD)

58.1 (11.4)

54.9 (11.0)

56.5 (11.2)

Gender: female, n (%)

60 (60.6)

57 (56.4)

117 (58.5)

aSIMD quintile: 1

15 (15.2)

18 (17.8)

33 (16.5)

 2

17 (17.2)

15 (14.9)

32 (16.0)

 3

23 (23.2)

14 (13.9)

37 (18.5)

 4

12 (12.1)

22 (21.8)

34 (17.0)

 5

32 (32.2)

32 (31.7)

64 (32.0)

Previous major illness:

   

 Yes

30 (30.3)

23 (22.8)

53 (26.5)

Family history of illness:

   

 Yes

47 (47.5)

48 (47.5)

95 (47.5)

bPrevious cancer screening:

   

 Yes

78 (78.8)

73 (72.3)

151 (75.7)

Previous FOBT screening:

   

 Yes

40 (40.4)

44 (43.4)

84 (42.0)

  1. Note: FOBT Faecal Occult Blood Test, FIT Faecal Immunochemical Test, SIMD Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; aBy definition we would expect around 20 % of the Scottish population to fall within each SIMD quintile; bPreviously screened for any cancer (breast, cervical, prostate, colorectal)
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