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Incidence of polyps? | Number of cases of bowel cancer that could be prevented by attending colonoscopy regularly? | Number of deaths from bowel cancer that could be prevented by attending colonoscopy regularly? | Recommended intervals between colonoscopies? | Whether laxative prep is unpleasant? | Whether you can go home on your own after the procedure? | Whether you will be able to work on the day of the procedure?† | Whether the endoscopist is male or female? | ||
n | (Percentage of study population included) | 329 (88.9) | 330 (89.2) | 331 (89.5) | 332 (89.7) | 331 (89.5) | 329 (88.9) | 263 (92.6) | 329 (90.0) |
Sex | Female versus male (Ref.) | 1.09 (0.68–1.74) | 0.80 (0.50–1.26) | 1.01 (0.63–1.59) | 1.08 (0.65–1.78) | 2.26 (0.98–5.19) |
2.53 (1.50–4.28)*** | 1.79 (0.99–3.23) | 1.89 (0.95–3.74) |
Age (years) | 50–54 versus 55–65 (Ref.) | 0.98 (0.62–1.57) | 0.88 (0.56–1.39) | 0.79 (0.50–1.26) |
1.76 (1.10–2.81)* | 1.10 (0.68–1.77) |
1.77 (1.07–2.92)* | 1.70 (0.95–3.06) | 1.85 (0.95–3.57) |
Education | Low |
5.27 (2.59–10.72)*** | 1.56 (0.83–2.95) | 1.76 (0.94–3.30) |
2.10 (1.09–4.01)* | 2.60 (0.96–7.06) |
2.72 (1.33–5.57)** |
2.53 (1.13–5.66)* | 1.64 (0.68–3.95) |
Intermediate |
2.10 (1.18–3.73)* |
1.89 (1.11–3.20)* |
1.77 (1.04–3.01)* |
1.96 (1.13–3.40)* |
3.66 (1.45–9.24)** |
3.18 (1.75–5.79)*** | 1.46 (0.74–2.87) | 0.81 (0.37–1.80) | |
High (Ref.) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Household size | Living alone versus not living alone (Ref.) | 1.69 (0.63–4.57) | 0.78 (0.40–1.52) | 0.77 (0.39–1.50) | 0.70 (0.26–1.88) | 0.99 (0.33–3.00) | 0.81 (0.38–1.76) |
0.29 (0.10–0.88)* | 1.04 (0.40–2.73) |
Migrant background | Yes versus no (Ref.) | 1.10 (0.52–2.33) | 1.34 (0.63–2.79) | 1.31 (0.63–2.74) | 1.49 (0.69–3.25) | 0.88 (0.42–1.85) | 0.86 (0.39–1.90) | 0.94 (0.36–2.41) | 1.69 (0.47–6.0) |
Self-reported health | Good/less versus very good/excellent (Ref.) | 1.03 (0.62–1.72) | 1.39 (0.84–2.30) |
1.70 (1.02–2.82)* | 1.22 (0.72–2.04) | 1.30 (0.77–2.22) | 1.11 (0.63–1.96) | 1.25 (0.66–2.38) |
2.75 (1.21–6.21)* |
Region | Eastern versus Western (Ref.) | 1.10 (0.64–1.90) | 0.97 (0.57–1.67) | 1.09 (0.63–1.87) | 0.73 (0.42–1.29) | 0.89 (0.51–1.57) | 0.91 (0.49–1.66) | 0.69 (0.34–1.42) | 1.38 (0.64–2.99 |
Health literacy | Extremely/very confident versus moderately/slightly/not confident (Ref.) | 0.67 (0.38–1.16) | 0.65 (0.38–1.11) | 0.59 (0.34–1.01) | 0.90 (0.52–1.57) | 1.04 (0.60–1.80) | 1.33 (0.75–2.35) | 1.39 (0.72–2.68) | 0.61 (0.27–1.35) |
Interaction terms | |||||||||
Living alone* education | Living alone*intermediate | 2.42 (0.50–11.67) | 1.43 (0.30–6.88) | ||||||
Living alone*low |
0.04 (0.00–0.38)** | 0.15 (0.01–1.71) | |||||||
Sex*self-reported health | |||||||||
Sex*living alone | 3.26 (0.82–12.92) |
All models included the following variables: sex, age, education, migrant background, self-reported health, Eastern/Western Germany, household size and health literacy; bold numbers represent p values ≤0.05; *p≤0.05, **p≤0.01, ***p≤0.001; interaction terms are presented when included in the model.
†Responses from employed persons only.
Ref., reference group.