Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Public attitudes towards screening for kidney cancer: an online survey
Participant characteristic | n (%) or mean (± s.d.) |
|---|---|
Age | |
45–54 | 590 (57.7) |
55–64 | 328 (32.1) |
> 65 | 103 (10.1) |
Mean (± s.d.) | 54.3 (± 7.1) |
Sex (n, % female) | 513 (50.2) |
Country | |
UK | 668 (65.4) |
US | 183 (17.9) |
Europe | 77 (7.5) |
University level education | 471 (46.1) |
Ethnicity (n, % White) | 973 (95.3) |
General health measure | |
Excellent, very good, good | 811 (79.4) |
Fair, poor | 210 (20.6) |
Smoking status | |
Non-smoker | 512 (50.1) |
Ex-smoker | 345 (33.8) |
Current smoker | 164 (16.1) |
BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± s.d) | 27.4 (± 5.7) |
Previous diagnosis of cancer | 63 (6.2) |
Family history of kidney cancer | 29 (2.8) |
Social group* | |
ABC1 | 778 (76.2) |
C2DE | 188 (18.4) |
Kidney cancer knowledge | |
I am very familiar with it | 6 (0.6) |
I have only heard of the term before | 497 (48.7) |
I know a little about the disease | 180 (17.6) |
Nothing at all | 338 (33.1) |
Cancer worry (mean ± s.d)** | 5.6 (± 2.3) |
Cancer risk perception (mean ± s.d)*** | 34.1 (± 23.2) |
Kidney cancer symptom awareness**** | |
High symptom awareness (≥ 5) | 547 (53.6) |
Low symptom awareness (< 5) | 474 (46.4) |
Kidney cancer risk factor awareness**** | |
High risk factor awareness (≥ 43) | 585 (57.3) |
Low risk factor awareness (< 43) | 436 (42.7) |