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Table 3 Predictors of awareness for individual symptoms: results from the binary logistic regression analyses

From: Ethnic inequalities in older adults bowel cancer awareness: findings from a community survey conducted in an ethnically diverse region in England

Symptom

Bleeding from back passage (n = 940)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Weight loss

(n = 940)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Change in bowel habits

(n = 940)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Pain in abdomen

(n = 941)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Lump in abdomen

(n = 938)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Pain in back passage

(n = 938)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Tiredness / anaemia

(n = 940)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Bowel not empty

(n = 937)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Blood in stool

(n = 937)

n (%)

OR (95%CI)

[P]

Total

 Total

666 (65.7)

539 (53.2)

513 (50.6)

468 (46.2)

459 (45.3)

372 (36.7)

280 (27.6)

263 (26.0)

734 (72.5)

Gender

 Male

314 (64.7)

Ref

245 (50.5)

Ref

226 (46.6)

Ref

222 (45.8)

Ref

217 (44.7)

Ref

184 (37.9)

Ref

123 (25.4)

Ref

117 (24.1)

Ref

352 (72.6)

Ref

 Female

317 (66.6)

1.05 (0.78. 1.40)

[0.764]

265 (55.7)

1.22 (0.93, 1.60)

[0.152]

260 (54.6)

1.35 (1.02, 1.78)

[0.036]

169 (35.5)

1.04 (0.80, 1.36)

[0.777]

222 (46.6)

1.16 (0.89, 1.51)

[0.274]

169 (35.5)

0.89 (0.68, 1.18)

[0.420]

143 (30.0)

1.24 (0.93, 1.67)

[0.146]

132 (27.7)

1.19 (0.89, 1.61)

[0.244]

346 (72.7)

1.00

(0.73, 1.36)

[0.992]

Age (years)

 60–65

235 (67.0)

Ref

191 (54.4)

Ref

181 (51.6)

Ref

171 (48.7)

Ref

162 (46.2)

Ref

132 (37.6)

Ref

99 (28.2)

Ref

87 (24.8)

Ref

259 (73.8)

Ref

 66–69

169 (55.0)

0.85 (0.58, 1.24)

[0.406]

142 (55.0)

1.01 (0.71, 1.43)

[0.960]

136 (52.7)

0.94 (0.66, 1.34)

[0.731]

117 (45.3)

0.82 (0.58, 1.16)

[0.269]

113 (43.8)

1.02 (0.72, 1.43)

[0.920]

93 (36.0)

0.80 (0.56, 1.15)

[0.230]

77 (29.8)

1.05 (0.73, 1.53)

[0.786]

67 (26.0)

1.08 (0.74, 1.59)

[0.68]

186 (72.1)

0.93 (0.63, 1.37)

[0.706]

 70–75

161 (66.5)

0.89 (0.60, 1.32)

[0.565]

130 (53.7)

0.89 (0.62, 1.28)

[0.532]

122 (50.4)

0.82 (0.57, 1.19)

[0.298]

111 (45.9)

0.84 (0.59, 1.16)

[0.338]

111 (45.9)

1.03 (0.73, 1.46)

[0.860]

89 (36.8)

0.94 (0.66, 1.36)

[0.753]

67 (27.7)

0.97 (0.66, 1.43)

[0.884]

65 (26.9)

1.16 (0.79, 1.71)

[0.456]

174 (71.9)

0.89 (0.60, 1.34)

[0.589]

 76+

90 (64.3)

0.74 (0.46, 1.17)

[0.193]

68 (48.6)

0.67 (0.44, 1.03)

[0.070]

65 (46.4)

0.68 (0.44, 1.05)

[0.08]

64 (45.7)

0.81 (0.53, 1.23)

[0.324]

67 (47.9)

1.15 (0.76, 1.75)

[0.512]

54 (38.6)

0.91 (0.59, 1.41)

[0.665]

33 (23.6)

0.70 (0.43, 1.14)

[0.150]

41 (29.3)

1.12 (0.70, 1.78)

[0.647]

103 (73.6)

0.97 (0.59, 1.58

[0.892])

Ethnicity

 White British / Irish

381 (80.7)

Ref

312 (66.1)

Ref

307 (65.0)

Ref

272 (57.6)

Ref

228 (48.3)

Ref

220 (46.6)

Ref

161 (34.1)

Ref

140 (29.7)

Ref

396 (83.9)

Ref

 South Asian

164 (59.4)

0.44 (0.26, 0.74)

[0.002]

125 (45.3)

0.37 (0.22, 0.61)

[< 0.001]

116 (42.0)

0.38 (0.23, 0.62)

[< 0.001]

107 (38.8)

0.48 (0.29, 0.79)

[0.004]

109 (39.5)

0.98 (0.59, 1.61)

[0.923]

89 (32.2)

0.71 (0.42, 1.18)

[0.185]

59 (21.4)

0.55 (0.31, 0.96)

[0.036]

67 (24.3)

0.75 (0.43, 1.31)

[0.312]

172 (62.3)

0.45 (0.25, 0.79)

[0.006]

 Any other Asian ethnicity

22 (43.1)

0.22 (0.11, 0.46)

[< 0.001]

20 (39.2)

0.26 (0.13, 0.53)

[< 0.001]

20 (39.2)

0.34 (0.17, 0.70)

[0.003]

22 (43.1)

0.59 (0.29, 1.20)

[0.147]

16 (31.4)

0.64 (0.30, 1.33)

[0.232]

18 (35.5)

0.76 (0.36, 1.58)

[0.456]

13 (25.5)

0.69 (0.31, 1.53)

[0.359]

10 (19.6)

0.62 (0.27, 1.42)

[0256]

31 (60.8)

0.41 (0.19, 0.89)

[0.024]

 Afro-Caribbean

39 (57.4)

0.30 (0.17, 0.46)

[< 0.001]

24 (35.3)

0.31 (1.70, 0.55)

[< 0.001]

32 (47.1)

0.45 (0.25, 0.79)

[0.006]

20 (29.4)

0.31 (0.17, 0.56)

[< 0.001]

23 (33.8)

0.53 (0.29, 0.97)

[0.04]

21 (30.9)

0.51 (0.28, 0.93)

[0.028]

17 (25.0)

0.64 (033, 1.21)

[0.166]

17 (25.0)

0.76 (0.40, 1.46)

[0.412]

40 (58.8)

0.27 (0.15, 0.50)

[< 0.001]

 Somali

21 (33.3)

0.16 (0.07, 0.34)

[< 0.001]

15 (23.8)

0.13 (0.06, 0.28)

[< 0.001]

3 (4.8)

0.03 (0.01, 0.09)

[< 0.001]

15 (23.8)

0.24 (0.11, 0.52)

[< 0.001]

42 (66.7)

3.49 (1.65, 7.38)

[< 0.001]

3 (4.8)

0.08 (0.02, 0.28)

[< 0.001]

4 (6.3)

0.13 (0.04, 0.43)

[0.001]

5 (7.9)

0.23 (0.08, 0.67)

[0.007]

40 (63.5)

0.48 (0.22, 1.04)

[0.064]

 Arab

3 (18.8)

0.10 (0.02.0.40)

[< 0.001]

3 (18.8)

0.13 (0.03, 0.53)

[0.004]

1 (6.3)

0.05 (0.01, 0.40)

[0.005]

3 (18.8)

0.24 (0.06, 0.97)

[0.045]

11 (68.8)

5.76 (1.43, 23.26)

[0.014]

0 (0)

0 (0.00, i)

[0.999]

0 (0)

0.0 (0.00, i)

[0.999]

1 (6.3)

0.22 (0.03, 1.80)

[0.156]

9 (56.3)

0.47 (0.13, 1.66)

[0.241]

 Mixed / Other

30 (51.7)

0.28 (0.15, 0.52)

[< 0.001]

34 (58.6)

1.20 (0.74, 1.95)

[0.452]

30 (51.7)

0.60 (0.33, 1.11)

[0.103]

25 (43.1)

0.58 (0.31, 1.07)

[0.079]

27 (46.6)

1.18 (0.63, 2.18)

[0.606]

18 (31.0)

0.56 (0.29, 1.07)

[0.130]

22 (37.9)

1.45 (0.77, 2.72)

[0.252]

21 (36.2)

1.51 (0.81, 2.83)

[0.198]

38 (65.5)

0.43 (0.22, 0.84)

[0.014]

Language

 English

473 (76.0)

Ref

375 (60.3)

Ref

379 (60.9)

Ref

332 (53.4)

Ref

295 (47.4)

Ref

275 (44.2)

Ref

202 (32.5)

Ref

184 (29.6)

Ref

496 (79.7)

Ref

 Any other language

186 (49.5)

0.67 (0.41, 1.09)

[0.107]

157 (41.8)

1.20 (0.74, 1.95)

[0.452]

131 (34.8)

0.95 (0.59, 1.53)

[0.830]

134 (35.6)

0.88 (0.54, 1.43)

[0.610]

160 (42.6)

0.62 (0.38, 1.01)

[0.053]

93 (24.7)

0.68 (0.41, 1.12)

[0.130]

75 (19.9)

0.97 (0.56, 1.67)

[0.90]

78 (20.7)

0.89 (0.52, 1.53)

[0.680]

227 (60.4)

0.57 (0.34, 0.95)

[0.031]

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