Table 2

Screening histories of patients ineligible for FOBT screening: N = 111.

SCREENING HISTORYN (%)*
FOBT in the past year24 (21.6)
DCBE in the past 5 years3 (2.7)
Flexible sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years1 (0.9)
Colonoscopy in past 10 years83 (74.8)
Untested but have a test scheduled4 (3.6)
  • DCBE—double-contrast barium enema, FOBT—fecal occult blood testing.

  • * Does not total to 100%, as categories are not mutually exclusive.