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Prevalence and predictors of multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer.

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Emmons, KM; McBride, CM; Puleo, E; Pollak, KI; Marcus, BH; Napolitano, M; Clipp, E; Onken, J; Farraye, FA; Fletcher, R
Published in: Prev Med
May 2005

OBJECTIVES: This paper examines the prevalence of behavioral risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC) (e.g., red meat consumption, fruit and vegetable intake, multivitamin intake, alcohol, smoking, and physical inactivity), co-occurrence among these behaviors, and motivation for change among patients at increased risk. METHODS: The study sample included 1,247 patients with recent diagnosis of adenomatous colorectal polyps. Within 4 weeks following the polypectomy, participants completed a baseline survey by telephone. RESULTS: Sixty-six percent of participants had not been diagnosed with polyps before. Fifty-eight percent of the sample had red meat as a risk factor, 63% had fruit and vegetable consumption as a risk factor, 54% did not take a daily multivitamin, and 44% had physical activity as a risk factor. In contrast, only 9% of the sample had alcohol consumption as a risk factor and only 14% were current smokers. The prevalence of the six individual risk factors was combined into an overall multiple risk factor score (MRF). The average number of risk factors was 2.43. Men, those with a high school education or below, those reporting fair or poor health status, and those with less self-efficacy about risk factor change had more risk factors. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for multiple risk factor interventions that capitalize on natural intersections among intra- and interpersonal factors that maintain them.

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Prev Med

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0091-7435

Publication Date

May 2005

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

527 / 534

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vitamins
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Smoking
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prevalence
  • North Carolina
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Middle Aged
 

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Emmons, K. M., McBride, C. M., Puleo, E., Pollak, K. I., Marcus, B. H., Napolitano, M., … Fletcher, R. (2005). Prevalence and predictors of multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer. Prev Med, 40(5), 527–534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.10.001
Emmons, Karen M., Colleen M. McBride, Elaine Puleo, Kathryn I. Pollak, Bess H. Marcus, Melissa Napolitano, Elizabeth Clipp, Jane Onken, Francis A. Farraye, and Robert Fletcher. “Prevalence and predictors of multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer.Prev Med 40, no. 5 (May 2005): 527–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.10.001.
Emmons KM, McBride CM, Puleo E, Pollak KI, Marcus BH, Napolitano M, et al. Prevalence and predictors of multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer. Prev Med. 2005 May;40(5):527–34.
Emmons, Karen M., et al. “Prevalence and predictors of multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer.Prev Med, vol. 40, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 527–34. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.10.001.
Emmons KM, McBride CM, Puleo E, Pollak KI, Marcus BH, Napolitano M, Clipp E, Onken J, Farraye FA, Fletcher R. Prevalence and predictors of multiple behavioral risk factors for colon cancer. Prev Med. 2005 May;40(5):527–534.
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Published In

Prev Med

DOI

ISSN

0091-7435

Publication Date

May 2005

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

527 / 534

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vitamins
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Smoking
  • Risk Factors
  • Public Health
  • Prevalence
  • North Carolina
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Middle Aged