Variation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices According to Cardiovascular Disease Status and Race/Ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess current estimates of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening practices in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD) status and whether this association varies by race/ethnicity.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 among US adults aged 50-75 years (n = 807,937). Participants' self-reported CRC screening practices were categorized as being up-to-date, not up-to-date, or never screened. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess whether self-reported prevalent CVD was associated with CRC screening practices after adjusting for several potentially confounding variables; additional analyses were stratified by race/ethnicity.

Results

One-quarter of US adults had never been

SUBMITTER: Castaneda-Avila MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647945 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature