Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening
Background. The literature on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is contradictory regarding the impact of weight status on CRC screening. This study was intended to determine if CRC screening rates among 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) respondent racial/ethnic and gender subgroups were i...
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| author | Heather Bittner Fagan Ronald E. Myers Constantine Daskalakis Randa Sifri Arch G. Mainous Richard Wender |
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| description | Background.
The literature on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is contradictory regarding the impact of weight status on CRC screening. This study was intended to determine if CRC screening rates among 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) respondent racial/ethnic and gender subgroups were influenced by weight status. Methods. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to determine if CRC screening use differed significantly among obese, overweight, and normal-weight individuals in race/ethnic and gender subgroups. Results. Multivariable analyses showed that CRC screening rates did not differ significantly for individuals within these subgroups who were obese or overweight as compared to their normal-weight peers. Conclusion. Weight status does not contribute to disparities in CRC screening in race/ethnicity and gender subgroups. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3c27bd6ce1a34222bfa91e384fa321512025-02-03T05:46:04ZengWileyJournal of Obesity2090-07082090-07162011-01-01201110.1155/2011/314619314619Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer ScreeningHeather Bittner Fagan0Ronald E. Myers1Constantine Daskalakis2Randa Sifri3Arch G. Mainous4Richard Wender5Department of Family & Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington Annex, Room 328, Wilmington, DE 19801, USADivision of Population Science, Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street, Jefferson Medical College Building, Suite 1014, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USADivision of Biostatistics, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Chestnut Street, Suite M100, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USADepartment of Family & Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 401, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USADepartment of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 295 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USADepartment of Family & Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 401, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USABackground. The literature on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is contradictory regarding the impact of weight status on CRC screening. This study was intended to determine if CRC screening rates among 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) respondent racial/ethnic and gender subgroups were influenced by weight status. Methods. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to determine if CRC screening use differed significantly among obese, overweight, and normal-weight individuals in race/ethnic and gender subgroups. Results. Multivariable analyses showed that CRC screening rates did not differ significantly for individuals within these subgroups who were obese or overweight as compared to their normal-weight peers. Conclusion. Weight status does not contribute to disparities in CRC screening in race/ethnicity and gender subgroups.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/314619 |
| spellingShingle | Heather Bittner Fagan Ronald E. Myers Constantine Daskalakis Randa Sifri Arch G. Mainous Richard Wender Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Journal of Obesity |
| title | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening |
| title_full | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening |
| title_fullStr | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening |
| title_full_unstemmed | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening |
| title_short | Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening |
| title_sort | race ethnicity gender weight status and colorectal cancer screening |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/314619 |
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