Differences in smoking prevalence and eligibility for low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening among older U.S. adults: Role of sexual orientation
Cancer Causes and Control Jun 21, 2018
Matthews AK, et al. - Researchers determined the past-year prevalence estimates of cigarette smoking and eligibility for low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screening among older US adults, and looked at potential variations in these estimates by sexual orientation. This study draws on data from the 2012–2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC-III) and included in-person interviews with a nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized adults aged 18 and older. In this study, males reported higher rates of past-year smoking vs females. Smoking was most frequent among bisexual individuals among both males and females. Eligibility for LDCT was higher among males vs females, and among bisexuals vs homosexuals and heterosexuals. Efforts to increase screening should take into account these differences.
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