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Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios of reporting a specific cancer symptom within the preceding 12 months by participant characteristics

From: Associations between reporting of cancer alarm symptoms and socioeconomic and demographic determinants: a population-based, cross-sectional study

 

Felt a lump in the breast

Coughed for more than six weeks

Seen blood in urine

Seen blood in stool

Crude

95% CI

Adjusted*

95% CI

Crude

95% CI

Adjusted*

95% CI

Crude

95% CI

Adjusted* 95% CI

Crude 95% CI

Adjusted* 95% CI

Sex

male

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Female

4.90

3.76 to 6.39

4.63

3.54 to 6.04

1.17

1.02 to 1.33

1.17

1.02 to 1.34

0.96

0.76 to 1.20

0.93

0.74 to 1.17

0.68

0.59 to 0.80

0.66

0.57 to 0.77

Age, years

20-39

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

40-59

0.97

0.70 to 1.34

0.91

0.66 to 1.26

1.29

0.98 to 1.70

1.28

0.97 to 1.69

0.99

0.62 to 1.57

0.95

0.59 to 1.51

0.78

0.62 to 1.00

0.76

0.60 to 0.96

 

60-79

0.39

0.27 to 0.56

0.34

0.23 to 0.49

1.40

1.06 to 1.85

1.39

1.05 to 1.84

1.41

0.88 to 2.23

1.29

0.81 to 2.05

0.44

0.34 to 0.57

0.40

0.31 to 0.53

 

80-99

0.44

0.25 to 0.77

0.33

0.18 to 0.58

0.80

0.53 to 1.20

0.77

0.51 to 1.17

1.40

0.77 to 2.52

1.22

0.67 to 2.22

0.29

0.18 to 0.46

0.26

0.16 to 0.42

Educational level

Low

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Medium

0.94

0.73 to 1.19

0.88

0.69 to 1.14

0.85

0.73 to 0.99

0.86

0.73 to 1.00

1.06

0.81 to 1.39

1.14

0.87 to 1.50

1.16

0.96 to 1.40

0.96

0.79 to 1.16

 

High

1.26

0.98 to 1.62

1.06

0.82 to 1.38

0.68

0.57 to 0.82

0.69

0.57 to 0.83

0.85

0.62 to 1.17

0.94

0.68 to 1.30

1.40

1.15 to 1.71

1.14

0.93 to 1.40

Income level

Low

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Medium

1.32

1.03 to 1.70

1.05

0.80 to 1.38

0.91

0.78 to 1.07

0.86

0.73 to 1.02

0.87

0.67 to 1.14

0.96

0.73 to 1.28

1.22

1.00 to 1.48

0.95

0.77 to 1.69

 

High

1.16

0.86 to 1.55

1.28

0.92 to 1.78

0.75

0.62 to 0.91

0.71

0.57 to 0.88

0.78

0.56 to 1.07

0.89

0.62 to 1.28

1.43

1.15 to 1.79

0.93

0.73 to 1.19

Labour market affiliation

Working

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Pensioners

0.43

0.33 to 0.56

0.66

0.42 to 1.03

1.09

0.94 to 1.27

1.06

0.85 to 1.33

1.38

1.08 to 1.76

1.05

0.72 to 1.52

0.51

0.42 to 0.62

0.80

0.60 to 1.08

 

Out of workforce

1.26

0.93 to 1.72

1.10

0.80 to 1.52

2.30

1.89 to 2.81

2.10

1.72 to 2.57

1.02

0.79 to 1.83

1.30

0.88 to 1.93

1.38

1.09 to 1.75

1.51

1.18 to 1.91

Cohabit status

Single

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Cohabitant / married

0.90

0.72 to 1.11

0.91

0.72 to 1.14

0.78

0.68 to 0.90

0.74

0.64 to 0.86

0.75

0.59 to 0.95

0.77

0.60 to 0.98

1.04

0.87 to 1.23

0.93

0.78 to 1.11

Cancer diagnosis

No

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Yes

2.53

1.97 to 3.25

2.73

2.14 to 3.55

1.19

0.95 to 1.47

1.17

0.94 to 1.46

2.00

1.47 to 2.72

1.90

1.39 to 2.60

1.31

1.03 to 1.66

1.68

1.31 to 2.14

  1. (*adjusted for sex, age and having a cancer diagnosis.) Highlighted figures are statistically significant (p <0.05).