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Table 2 Demographic variable and PSA test uptake

From: Prostate specific antigen test uptake: a cross sectional study on elderly men in Western Iran

 

Total

PSA test uptake

P-value

N (%)

Mean (SD)

No

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Yes

Mean (SD)

N (%)

Age

65.55 (3.90)

65.31 (3.87)

66.75 (3.84)

0.013

Marital status

Single

32 (10%)

29 (10.9%)

3 (5.6%)

0.321

Married

288 (90%)

237 (89.1%)

51 (94.4%)

 

Economic status

Weak

68 (21.3%)

64 (24.1%)

4 (7.4%)

0.023

Middle

196 (61.2%)

158 (59.4%)

38 (70.4%)

 

Good

56 (17.5%)

44 (16.5%)

12 (22.2%)

 

Educational level

Primary school (grades 0–6)

121 (37.8%)

100 (37.6%)

21 (38.9%)

0.004

Secondary school (grades 7–9)

109 (34.1%)

99 (37.2%)

10 (18.5%)

 

High school (grades 10–12)

73 (22.8%)

57 (21.4%)

16 (29.6%)

 

Academic (grades 13–16)

17 (5.3%)

10 (3.8%)

7 (13%)

 

Family member size

1–4 number

161 (50.3%)

141 (53%)

20 (37%)

0.037

More than 4 number

159 (49.7%)

125 (47%)

34 (63%)

 

Health insurance

No

69 (21.6%)

62 (23.3%)

7 (13%)

0.104

Yes

251 (78.4%)

204 (76.7%)

47 (87%)

 

Family history of PCa

No

298 (93.1%)

252 (94.7%)

46 (85.2%)

0.018

Yes

22 (6.9%)

14 (5.3%)

8 (14.8%)