Research Article
Awareness of Lifestyle and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Findings from the BeWEL Study
Table 1
Knowledge of risk factors for colorectal cancer.
| | All | Intervention | Control | Between-group difference at baseline OR/mean (95% CI) value | Between-group difference at 12 months follow-up OR/mean (95% CI) value | Baseline
| Baseline
| 12-month follow-up
| Baseline
| 12-month follow-up
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| Alcohol (%) | 148 (45.0) | 73 (44.8) | 77 (52.0) | 75 (45.2) | 76 (48.7) | 0.98 (0.64–1.52) 0.943 | 1.14 (0.73–1.79) 0.564 |
| Physical activity (%) | 153 (46.5) | 81 (49.7) | 86 (58.1) | 72 (43.4) | 80 (51.3) | 1.29 (0.84–1.99) 0.251 | 1.32 (0.84–2.07) 0.232 |
| Body fatness (%) | 44 (13.4) | 25 (15.3) | 32 (21.6) | 19 (11.4) | 19 (12.2) | 1.40 (0.74–2.66) 0.300 | 1.99 (1.07–3.70) 0.028 |
| Foods containing fibre (%) | 111 (33.7) | 57 (35.0) | 58 (39.1) | 54 (32.6) | 56 (35.9) | 1.12 (0.71–1.76) 0.640 | 1.15 (0.73–1.83) 0.553 |
| Red meat (%) | 44 (13.4) | 21 (12.9) | 29 (19.6) | 23 (13.9) | 17 (10.9) | 0.92 (0.49–1.74) 0.796 | 1.99 (1.04–3.81) 0.034 |
| Processed meat (%) | 6 (1.8) | 2 (1.2) | 3 (2.0) | 4 (2.4) | 5 (3.2) | 0.50 (0.09–2.79) 0.423 | 0.63 (0.15–2.66) 0.521 |
| Quantity mentioned (%) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 1.02 (0.06–16.42) 0.990 |
~ 0.304 |
| Do not know any (%) | 40 (12.2) | 15 (9.2) | 12 (8.1) | 25 (15.1) | 15 (9.6) | 0.57 (0.29–1.13) 0.104 | 0.83 (0.38–1.84) 0.644 |
| Total score [mean (SD)] Range | 1.5 (1.12) 0–5 | 1.5 (1.07) 0–5 | 1.8 (1.06) 0–5 | 1.4 (1.17) 0–5 | 1.5 (1.11) 0–5 | 0.12 (−0.36 to 0.13) 0.340 | 0.29 (0.05 to 0.54) 0.019 |
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, significant.
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