Table 1 Characteristics of 270 Hispanic women with an abnormal Pap smear, categorized by the duration of their diagnostic interval
Characteristic | Had an optimal intervala N = 177 Number (%) | Did not have an optimal intervala N = 93 Number (%) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic and epidemiologic | Â | Â | Â |
Age ≥ 30 years | 107 (60.5) | 37 (40.0) | 0.001 |
Educational level | Â | Â | 0.17 |
 Less than high school | 48 (27.1) | 21 (22.6) |  |
 High school graduate | 32 (18.1) | 26 (28.0) |  |
 Greater than high school | 97 (54.8) | 46 (49.5) |  |
More acculturated (vs. less)b | 73 (41.2) | 53 (57.0) | 0.01 |
Place of birth | Â | Â | 0.045 |
 United States | 82 (46.3) | 55 (59.1) |  |
 Outside of the United States | 95 (53.7) | 38 (40.9) |  |
Participant in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program | 88 (49.7) | 50 (53.8) | 0.53 |
Smoked ≥ 100 cigarettes in entire life | 39 (22.0) | 27 (29.0) | 0.20 |
Clinical and clinico-pathologic | Â | Â | Â |
High-grade result on Pap smear | 33 (18.6) | 13 (14.0) | 0.33 |