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Table 3 Prevalence rate ratio (PRR) of having long PCI according to the patient-GP alignment in the first clinical encounter and patient characteristics (n = 3333)

From: Alignment between the patient’s cancer worry and the GP’s cancer suspicion and the association with the interval between first symptom presentation and referral: a cross-sectional study in Denmark

   

PRR of having long PCI

Long PCI

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

N

(%)

PRR

95% CI

PRR

95% CI

Patient (PT)-GP alignment

 1.PT worried, GP suspicious

142

(10.8)

1

 

1

 

 2.PT not worried, GP suspicious

159

(16.6)

1.53

(1.34–1.76)

1.30

(1.12–1.50)

 3.PT worried, GP not suspicious

218

(48.2)

4.47

(3.86–5.18)

3.70

(3.21–4.26)

 4.PT not worried, GP not suspicious

321

(53.1)

4.92

(4.16–5.82)

3.99

(3.34–4.75)

Sex

 Male

513

(31.0)

1

 

1

 

 Female

327

(19.5)

0.65

(0.57–0.73)

0.81

(0.70–0.92)

Age groups (years)

 18–49

67

(15.3)

1

 

1

 

 50–59

127

(23.3)

1.52

(1.19–1.95)

1.13

(0.84–1.53)

 60–69

269

(26.2)

1.71

(1.41–2.08)

1.28

(0.94–1.73)

 70–79

282

(29.2)

1.90

(1.56–2.31)

1.36

(1.02–1.81)

 > 80

95

(26.8)

1.75

(1.40–2.21)

1.45

(1.19–1.76)

Year of diagnosis

 2010

476

(26.1)

1

 

1

 

 2016

364

(24.1)

0.92

(0.92–1.04)

0.89

(0.82–0.96)

Marital status

 Cohabiting/Married

577

(25.6)

1

 

1

 

 Not married

263

(24.4)

0.95

(0.86–1.05)

1.03

(0.96–1.13)

Education

 Short (≤10 years)

284

(28.8)

1

 

1

 

 Medium (11–15 years)

329

(23.8)

0.83

(0.75–0.91)

0.85

(0.78–0.93)

 Long (> 15 years)

218

(24.1)

0.84

(0.75–0.93)

0.92

(0.81–1.02)

Diagnostic difficultyb

 Easy

230

(15.3)

1

 

1

 

 Intermediate

383

(33.2)

2.17

(1.92–2.44)

1.53

(1.37–1.70)

 Hard

189

(36.2)

2.36

(2.09–2.68)

1.67

(1.48–1.87)

Comorbidity (CCIc score)

 None (0)

563

(24.4)

1

 

1

 

 Low (1–2)

183

(27.2)

1.12

(0.93–1.34)

0.95

(0.81–1.12)

 High (2 or more)

41

(30.6)

1.26

(1.04–1.51)

1.01

(0.84–1.22)

  1. Significant results are shown in bold
  2. aAdjusted for sex, age, year of diagnosis, marital status, education, diagnostic difficulty and CCI
  3. b See previous research [13, 28,29,30]
  4. c Charlson Comorbidity Index