Factors associated with mammography use: A side-by-side comparison of results from two national surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mammography use is affected by multiple factors that may change as public health interventions are implemented. We examined two nationally representative, population-based surveys to seek consensus and identify inconsistencies in factors associated with mammography use in the entirety of the US population, and by black and white subgroups.

Methods

Self-reported mammography use in the past year was extracted for 12 639 and 169 116 women aged 40-74 years from the 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), respectively. We applied a random forest algorithm to identify the risk factors of mammography use and used a subset of them in multivariable survey logistic regressions to examine their association

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature