Characteristics of Patients Who Completed Fecal Occult Blood Testing during Baseline Period by Use of Colorectal Cancer Screening during 2-Year Observation Period (N = 11,110)
| CRC Screening, 2002–2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Completed 3-Card FOBT (n=4,928) | CRC Test Other Than FOBT (n=978) | No CRC Screening (n=5,204) | P Valuea |
| CRC=colorectal cancer; FOBT=fecal occult blood test. | ||||
| a P value for overall test of between-group differences (corrected for patient clustering within primary care practices. | ||||
| b Observation period was 2002–2003; baseline period was 2000–2001. | ||||
| Mean age (SD), y | 63.9 (8.2) | 62.1 (7.6) | 63.6 (8.4) | <.001 |
| Male sex, % | 42.1 | 38.5 | 41.8 | .14 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, % | <.001 | |||
| 0 | 78.2 | 77.0 | 70.8 | |
| 1 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 17.5 | |
| 2 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 7.1 | |
| ≥3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 | |
| Outpatient visits, 2002–2003 | ||||
| Primary care visits, mean (SD), No. | 10.3 (9.5) | 10.9 (9.8) | 9.4 (10.4) | <.001 |
| Non–primary care visits, mean (SD), No. | 6.6 (7.6) | 7.7 (8.0) | 6.5 (8.0) | <.001 |
| Preventive health examination during observation period, %b | 84.8 | 57.7 | 35.2 | <.001 |