MARITAL STATUS AND EDUCATION AS RISK FACTORS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a socially significant disease. It is often looking for its relationship with lifestyle and heredity. For its development, factors as marital status and education are also important. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the influence of the marital status and education on the colorectal cancer risk. The time of impact is five years, before the diagnose is made. There are 540 persons participating in the study. Participants are separated into two groups – cases and control group. Both groups are unified by known confounders gender and age. Information is collected via questionnaire and as interview. Data is introduced and processed with IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0. For the level of significance, whereby the null hypothesis is rejected, we accepted p<0.05. We demonstrate the definitive influence of the education as a risk factor for CRC. Participants with secondary and primary education have higher risk of developing colorectal neoplasm, compared to those with higher education. We also establish that marital status had protective effect in some cases of CRC.

Keywords

• colorectal cancer
• risk factors
• marital status
• education