Modifiable Risk Factors in High-Risk Groups of Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Cross-Sectional Study with Propensity Score Method
Xuan Zhong, Nongping Feng, Binfa Ouyang, Dan Zhao, Lin Lei, Ji Peng, Xiaolin Peng · 2023
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Xuan Zhong and co-authors study changeable risk factors in colorectal cancer screening in Shenzhen in a 2023 paper. Cancer of the colon and rectum is rising in China, and people flagged as high risk in screening need the closest attention. More than thirty thousand residents aged forty-five to seventy-four joined a community screening program in 2020 and 2021.
After removing invalid stool test results, 24,613 people entered the analysis, and about twenty-nine percent counted as high risk. High-risk status clustered in men, people over sixty, the college educated, and city dwellers. A statistical weighting method balanced the comparison groups before the team modeled which habits, such as smoking, tracked with high-risk status. The study targets prevention where it can change outcomes.
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| CREATOR | Xuan Zhong, Nongping Feng, Binfa Ouyang, Dan Zhao, Lin Lei, Ji Peng, Xiaolin Peng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |