Research Article
Obesity Status and Colorectal Cancer Screening in the United States
Table 3
Factors associated with CRC Screening among medicare beneficiaries in 2005.
| Characteristics | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| Obesity status | | Nonobese | 1.00 (reference) | Obesec | 1.25 (1.12–1.39)a | Gender | | Male | 1.00 (reference) | Female | 1.24 (1.15–1.34)b | Age | | 75+ | 1.00 (reference) | 65–74 | 0.94 (0.86–1.03) | Under 65 | 0.54 (0.47–0.62)b | Race/ethnicity | | Non-Hispanic white | 1.00 (reference) | Non-Hispanic black | 0.97 (0.83–1.14) | Hispanic | 0.97 (0.80–1.17) | Other | 0.74 (0.62–0.88)a | Education | | College degree or higher | 1.00 (reference) | Some college | 0.89 (0.75–1.07) | High school/vocational grad | 0.67 (0.58–0.78)b | No high school diploma | 0.52 (0.44–0.61) | Marital status | | Divorced | 1.00 (reference) | Married | 0.90 (0.74–1.09) | Widowed | 0.76 (0.65–0.90)a | Never married | 0.55 (0.45–0.69)b | Other | 0.16 (0.04–0.64)a | Supplemental insurance | | Private | 1.00 (reference) | Medicaid | 0.53 (0.45–0.61)a | Medicaid + private | 0.69 (0.50–0.95)a | None | 0.79 (0.71–0.88)a | Income | | Less than $25 K | 1.00 (reference) | $25 K to $50 K | 1.22 (1.09–1.36)a | Greater than $50 K | 1.31 (1.05–1.62)a | Usual source of care | | No | 1.00 (reference) | Yes | 5.64 (4.69–6.80)b | History of any type of cancer | | No | 1.00 (reference) | Yes | 1.19 (1.08–1.32)a | History of any type of cancer screening | | No | 1.00 (reference) | Yes | 2.29 (2.11–2.48)b |
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Significance level .
bSignificance level .
cThe category includes both obese and morbidly obese beneficiaries.
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