Facilitators and barriers to colorectal cancer screening in an outpatient setting

Table 2 Logistic regression showing facilitators or barriers to colorectal cancer screening

Variables	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Age (yr)	1.0581a	1.0103	1.1083
Race ethnicity (ref: White/ Caucasian)
Black/African American	1.0562	0.6759	1.6506
Hispanic	0.9418	0.1601	5.5396
More than one race/unknown/not reported	0.5142	0.1084	2.4391
Employment status (ref: Employed)
Unemployed	0.7664	0.4316	1.3611
Unknown	0.7667	0.4855	1.2107
Years of Education (ref: College or above)
High school/equivalent	1.1055	0.3516	3.4761
No formal education	1.3413	0.2381	7.5564
Unknown/not reported	1.4783	0.5826	3.7509
Insurance status (ref: Private insurance)
Public insurance (Medicaid/Medicare)	1.1679	0.7422	1.8377
Uninsured	0.5161	0.2420	1.1006
Provider Years of Training (ref: Attending)
Resident PGY1	0.7212	0.3967	1.3113
Resident PGY2	1.1487	0.6445	2.0473
Resident PGY3	0.6222	0.3733	1.0370
Resident PGY4	0.5764	0.1727	1.9234
No-show rate percent	0.9616b	0.9444	0.9793
Marital status (ref: Married)
Divorced	0.8826	0.5257	1.4819
Not married	0.9425	0.5921	1.5002
Unknown	0.5473	0.0920	3.2549
Widowed	0.7585	0.3632	1.5840
History of COPD
Yes	0.5648	0.2816	1.1328
History of diabetes
Yes	1.1078	0.7182	1.7088
History of CHF
Yes	0.6007	0.3131	1.1527
History of hypertension
Yes	0.9223	0.5936	1.4328
History of ESRD on dialysis HD or PD
Yes	0.6247	0.1291	3.0223
History of OSA
Yes	1.8752a	1.0838	3.2444
Use of blood thinners
Yes	1.0809	0.7148	1.6345
Family history of colorectal cancer
Yes	0.9013	0.4736	1.7154
Smoking status (ref: Current smoker)
Former smoker	0.9741	0.5849	1.6223
Never smoker	0.9415	0.5697	1.5559
Compliance with flu vaccination
Yes	1.6729a	1.1255	2.4867
Compliance with mammogram
Yes	2.1295b	1.3904	3.2614
Compliance with screening pap
Yes	2.7081b	1.8213	4.0267
Travel distance from clinic	1.0016	0.9996	1.0037

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.01. PGY: Post-graduate year; OSA: Obstructive sleep apnea; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CHF: Congestive heart failure; ESRD: End-stage renal disease; HD: Hemodialysis; PD: Peritoneal dialysis.