Research Article

Awareness of Lifestyle and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Findings from the BeWEL Study

Table 1

Knowledge of risk factors for colorectal cancer.

AllInterventionControlBetween-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 

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

, significant.