Discussion of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Tests by Sociodemographic and Screening Variables
| Characteristics | Percent* | n* | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Unweighted n and weighted percent. | |||
| Race/ethnicity | .024 | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 62.2 | 1,717 | |
| African American | 73.8 | 228 | |
| Hispanic | 62.5 | 192 | |
| Other | 70.1 | 47 | |
| Age category, years | .951 | ||
| 50–64 | 63.5 | 1,136 | |
| 65–74 | 63.5 | 656 | |
| 75 or older | 62.6 | 392 | |
| Marital status | .158 | ||
| Not married | 60.4 | 677 | |
| Married | 64.0 | 1,503 | |
| Education | .740 | ||
| Less than high school | 65.2 | 437 | |
| High school graduate/general equivalency diploma | 62.4 | 588 | |
| Some college | 63.2 | 1,138 | |
| Usual source of care | <.001 | ||
| No source | 37.9 | 79 | |
| Regular source | 64.1 | 2,104 | |
| Health insurance | .714 | ||
| Medicare/other public | 64.1 | 1,132 | |
| Private | 62.4 | 970 | |
| None | 65.8 | 75 | |
| Family history | .431 | ||
| No history of prostate cancer | 63.6 | 2,037 | |
| Family history | 59.8 | 147 | |
| Initial suggestion for test | <.001 | ||
| From physician | 66.6 | 1,697 | |
| From patient or other | 59.8 | 474 | |
| Recency of testing | <.001 | ||
| Within past year | 65.9 | 1,475 | |
| More than 1 year | 57.5 | 709 | |
| Any previous abnormal PSA result | .239 | ||
| Abnormal result | 68.5 | 132 | |
| No abnormal result | 63.0 | 2,050 | |
| Tests in past 5 years | .012 | ||
| None | 52.5 | 79 | |
| 1 | 57.4 | 574 | |
| 2 | 65.9 | 342 | |
| 3 or 4 | 64.4 | 327 | |
| 5 or more | 67.9 | 786 | |