Table 3

Socio-demographic, lifestyle, clinical, psychological and environmental characteristics that discriminate between the four adherence outcomes (N = 16,791* **)

Ever use

Adherence to FOBT screening guidelines

Adherence to endoscopy screening guidelines

Adherence to current CRC screening guidelines

Characteristic

Category

OR

95%CI

p value

OR

95%CI

p value

OR

95%CI

p value

OR

95%CI

p value

Sex

female

0.71

0.57–0.88

0.0021

male

1

.

Age

50–64

0.82

0.72–0.93

0.0023

0.93

0.79–1.10

0.4002

0.92

0.80–1.06

0.2648

0.89

0.82–0.98

0.0168

65 +

1

1

1

1

Country of birth

Canada

1.12

1.00–1.26

0.0599

1.27

1.13–1.43

0.0001

1.13

1.01–1.27

0.0279

other

1

1

1

Cultural/racial origin

White

1.64

1.29–2.07

<.0001

1.33

1.05–1.70

0.0192

1.42

1.12–1.81

0.0043

other

1

1

1

Household income

low

0.87

0.78–0.97

0.0113

0.82

0.72–0.93

0.0016

0.84

0.76–0.93

0.0005

medium

0.99

0.90–1.09

0.8629

0.93

0.81–1.06

0.2623

0.96

0.88–1.04

0.2724

high

1

1

1

Physical activity

active

1.25

1.09–1.43

0.0017

1.37

1.15–1.62

0.0003

1.25

1.08–1.45

0.0035

moderate

1.23

1.13–1.34

<.0001

1.21

1.04–1.41

0.0143

1.20

1.08–1.33

0.0005

not active

1

1

.

1

Employment

full-time

0.70

0.61–0.81

<.0001

0.73

0.62–0.87

0.0004

0.83

0.73–0.95

0.0063

0.76

0.67–0.87

<.0001

part-time

0.87

0.73–1.05

0.1516

0.84

0.69–1.03

0.0910

0.87

0.69–1.11

0.2568

0.81

0.68–0.98

0.0282

no job

1

1

1

1

Fruits & vegetables

-

1.03

1.01–1.05

0.0025

1.05

1.03–1.06

<.0001

1.02

1.00–1.05

0.0667

Smoking status

current

0.91

0.78–1.06

0.2077

0.85

0.65–1.11

0.2292

0.84

0.71–1.00

0.0537

0.83

0.70–0.98

0.0241

former

1.21

1.11–1.33

<.0001

1.10

0.94–1.29

0.2496

1.20

1.06–1.36

0.0042

1.19

1.07–1.33

0.0021

never

1

1

1

1

Chronic condition

yes

1.49

1.28–1.74

<.0001

1.32

1.11–1.57

0.0021

1.48

1.20–1.82

0.0002

1.43

1.25–1.63

<.0001

no

1

1

1

1

Regular physician

yes

1.81

1.50–2.18

<.0001

2.68

1.77–4.04

<.0001

1.91

1.46–2.50

<.0001

2.39

1.87–3.03

<.0001

no

1

1

1

1

Flu shot

yes

1.61

1.47–1.78

<.0001

1.59

1.39–1.82

<.0001

1.51

1.37–1.66

<.0001

1.55

1.41–1.70

<.0001

no

1

1

1

1

Self-perceived stress

-

1.10

1.05–1.15

<.0001

1.07

1.01–1.12

0.0132

1.06

1.01–1.11

0.0162

Province^a

NF & B

0.96

0.78–1.17

0.6547

0.61

0.37–0.99

0.0463

1.35

1.05–1.73

0.0189

1.02

0.84–1.23

0.8474

ON

1.28

1.03–1.59

0.0284

1.39

0.85–2.28

0.1928

1.42

1.22–1.64

<.0001

1.43

1.13–1.80

0.0025

SK

1.14

0.76–1.73

0.5190

1.27

0.74–2.16

0.3821

1.19

0.92–1.53

0.1803

1.18

0.76–1.82

0.4602

BC

1

1

1

1

Significant p-values are bolded

*Number of respondent representing 2,438,766 Canadians

^a NF & LB = Newfoundland and Labrador; ON = Ontario; SK = Saskatchewan; BC = British Columbia

**Respondents with bowel disease were excluded from analysis

Sewitch et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2007 7:39   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-7-39