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Table 2 Baseline individual-level patient characteristics

From: Moderators of the effectiveness of an intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening through mailed fecal immunochemical test kits: results from a pragmatic randomized trial

 

Allocation

All (n = 30,667)

Usual care (n = 14,904)

Intervention (n = 15,763)

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age

 50–64

12,249

82.2

12,749

80.9

24,998

81.5

 65–75

2655

17.8

3014

19.1

5669

18.5

Gender

 Female

8381

56.2

8605

54.6

16,986

55.4

 Male

6523

43.8

7158

45.4

13,681

44.6

Race

 Asian

545

3.8

950

6.4

1495

5.1

 Black

629

4.4

743

5.0

1372

4.7

 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

72

0.5

59

0.4

131

0.4

 Native American

142

1.0

146

1.0

288

1.0

 Other

9

0.1

25

0.2

34

0.1

 White

12,886

90.2

13,010

87.1

25,896

88.6

Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic

12,227

84.6

13,370

88.2

25,597

86.4

 Hispanic

2225

15.4

1789

11.8

4014

13.6

Language

 English

12,032

81.6

12,600

81.6

24,632

81.6

 Spanish

1797

12.2

1361

8.8

3158

10.5

 Other

920

6.2

1475

9.6

2395

7.9

Insurance status

 Uninsured

3494

23.8

3248

20.8

6742

22.3

 Medicaid

5642

38.5

6004

38.5

11,646

38.5

 Medicare

3562

24.3

3868

24.8

7430

24.5

 Commercial

1885

12.8

2392

15.3

4277

14.1

 Other

88

0.6

101

0.6

189

0.6

Federal poverty level

 < 100%

5870

48.8

6282

53.8

12,152

51.2

 100–150%

2594

21.6

2529

21.7

5123

21.6

 151–200%

1258

10.4

1126

9.6

2384

10.0

 200%+

2316

19.2

1738

14.9

4054

17.1

Flu shot in 12 months prior to index date

 No

11,144

74.8

11,970

75.9

23,114

75.4

 Yes

3760

25.2

3793

24.1

7553

24.6

Mammogram in 2 years prior to index date (women, n = 16,986)

 No

5765

68.8

5976

69.4

11,741

69.1

 Yes

2616

31.2

2629

30.6

5245

30.9

Pap in 3 years prior to index date (women under age 65, n = 13,634)

 No

4085

60.3

4268

62.3

8353

61.3

 Yes

2694

39.7

2587

37.7

5281

38.7

Tobacco use

 Current

3892

30.0

4237

30.4

8129

30.2

 Former

3335

25.7

3690

26.5

7025

26.1

 Never

5768

44.4

6018

43.2

11,786

43.8

BMI

 < 18.5 (underweight)

190

1.4

203

1.4

393

1.4

 18.5–25 (normal weight)

3232

23.0

3541

24.5

6773

23.8

 25–30 (overweight)

4456

31.7

4431

30.7

8887

31.2

 ≥ 30 (obese)

6164

43.9

6265

43.4

12,429

43.6

Charlson score, based on past 12 months

 0

7968

53.5

8648

54.9

16,616

54.2

 1

4095

27.5

4208

26.7

8303

27.1

 2

1633

11.0

1637

10.4

3270

10.7

 3+

1208

8.1

1270

8.1

2478

8.1

Visit for chronic pulmonary condition, past 12 months

 No

11,972

80.3

12,716

80.7

24,688

80.5

 Yes

2932

19.7

3047

19.3

5979

19.5

Visit for diabetes, past 12 months

 No

11,590

77.8

12,430

78.9

24,020

78.3

 Yes

3314

22.2

3333

21.1

6647

21.7

Visit for depression, past 12 months

 No

11,080

74.7

12,083

77.0

23,163

75.9

 Yes

3749

25.3

3606

23.0

7355

24.1

Neighborhood ED visits per 1000 Medicaid/Medicare population

 > 419 visits

13,088

88.4

15,167

96.9

28,255

92.8

 ≤ 419 visits

1722

11.6

485

3.1

2207

7.2

Neighborhood Gini inequality score

 > 0.4106

8197

56.9

9206

60.0

17,403

58.5

 ≤ 0.4106

6216

43.1

6146

40.0

12,362

41.5

Neighborhood median household income

 ≤ $68,426

13,114

91.0

14,654

95.4

27,768

93.3

 > $68,426

1299

9.0

698

4.6

1997

6.7

Neighborhood percentage college graduates

 ≤ 41%

11,537

80.0

12,854

83.7

24,391

81.9

 > 41%

2876

20.0

2499

16.3

5375

18.1

Neighborhood population density per square mile

 ≤ 1000 (rural)

4423

30.7

5907

38.5

10,330

34.7

 > 1000 (non-rural)

9991

69.3

9446

61.5

19,437

65.3

Neighborhood poverty (percentage below 100% FPL)

 > 17.6%

7384

51.2

8281

53.9

15,665

52.6

 ≤ 17.6%

7029

48.8

7071

46.1

14,100

47.4

Neighborhood unemployment rate

 > 6.6%

12,691

88.0

13,978

91.0

26,669

89.6

 ≤ 6.6%

1722

12.0

1375

9.0

3097

10.4

  1. Abbreviations: ED Emergency department, FPL Federal poverty level