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Table 3 Analyses for socioeconomic patient characteristics and delay (women). Univariate and multivariate analyses for socioeconomic patient characteristics and the three delay stages in women, accounting for patient clustering within general practitioners. N in each column is the number of answers with complete data with the number of patients with long delays provided in brackets. Results are presented as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs).

From: Socioeconomic patient characteristics predict delay in cancer diagnosis: a Danish cohort study

Predictors

Patient delay; OR(95%CI)

Doctor delay; OR(95%CI)

System delay; OR(95%CI)

  

N

Univariate

N

Multivariate

N

Univariate

N

Multivariate

N

Univariate

N

Multivariate

Age

18–49

102(23)

0.91(0.51 to 1.63)

62(17)

0.63(0.29 to 1.39

177(13)

1.31(0.65 to 2.64

113(9)

0.92(0.35 to 2.39

162(35)

1.05(0.66 to 1.67

105(20)

0.78(0.39 to 1.53

 

50–69

265(64)

1

136(41)

1

403(23)

1

212(14)

1

351(73)

1

198(35)

1

 

70+

267(48)

0.69(0.44 to 1.08)

70(8)

0.72(0.25 to 2.09)

414(34)

1.48(0.87 to 2.50)

104(8)

1.85(0.42 to 8.21)

300(64)

1.03(0.70 to 1.53)

88(16)

1.26(0.50 to 3.15)

Marital status

Cohabiting

197(53)

1

176(49)

1

322(20)

1

288(19)

1

301(48)

1

269(42)

1

 

Single

114(24)

0.72(0.43 to 1.23)

92(17)

0.82(0.38 to 1.75)

180(15)

1.37(0.69 to 2.71)

141(12)

1.07(0.46 to 2.50)

156(35)

1.52(0.93 to 2.51)

122(29)

1.44(0.79 to 2.63)

Having Children

Yes

273(65)

1

235(55)

1

442(30)

1

375(27)

1

401(70)

1

341(59)

1

 

No

36(11)

1.41(0.68 to 2.94)

33(11)

1.77(0.80 to 3.92)

59(5)

1.27(0.48 to 3.40)

54(4)

0.77(0.25 to 2.36)

55(13)

1.46(0.70 to 3.06)

50(12)

1.20(0.55 to 2.60)

Education

< 3 years

147(35)

1

134(33)

1

235(16)

1

209(15)

1

224(35)

1

199(28)

1

 

≥ 3 years

83(22)

1.15(0.62 to 2.15

79(2)

1.12(0.55 to 2.27

143(5)

0.50(0.18 to 1.40

133(5)

0.45(0.15 to 1.35

128(26)

1.38(0.78 to 2.43)

118(26)

1.76(0.94 to 3.28

 

No

72(18)

1.07(0.54 to 2.09)

55(12)

1.42(0.60 to 3.36)

110(13)

1.83(0.85 to 3.94)

87(11)

1.83(0.79 to 4.24)

96(21)

1.51(0.82 to 2.79)

74(17)

1.50(0.74 to 3.03)

Occupation

Working1

137(44)

1

129(42)

1

223(14)

1

210(14)

1

212(44)

1

199(40)

1

 

Not working2

42(11)

0.75(0.34 to 1.67

32(10)

0.81(0.34 to 1.95

71(9)

2.17(0.89 to 5.29

54(8)

1.93(0.68 to 5.44

62(12)

0.92(0.47 to 1.79

46(8)

0.69(0.32 to 1.49

 

Retirees3

130(23)

0.45(0.26 to 0.81)

107(14)

0.35(0.13 to 0.98)

206(12)

0.92(0.43 to 1.99)

165(9)

0.35(0.06 to 1.93)

181(27)

0.67(0.39 to 1.15)

146(23)

0.42(0.16 to 1.09)

Household income

Low/middle

221(51)

1

201(44)

1

362(25)

1

327(24)

1

324(62)

1

294(59)

1

 

High

68(22)

1.59(0.88 to 2.89)

67(22)

1.30(0.60 to 2.82)

104(7)

0.97(0.41 to 2.28)

102(7)

1.50(0.50 to 4.53)

99(13)

0.64(0.34 to 1.21)

97(12)

0.55(0.26 to 1.19)

Household fortune

Small/medium

196(46)

1

185(42)

1

331(31)

1

313(30)

1

302(62)

1

287(60)

1

 

Large

86(24)

1.26(0.73 to 2.18)

83(24)

1.36(0.72 to 2.56)

120(1)

0.08(0.01 to 0.61)

116(1)

0.07(0.01 to 0.45)

108(13)

0.53(0.27 to 1.02)

104(11)

0.46(0.21 to 0.99)

Smoking

No

240(53)

1

209(45)

1

378(27)

1

329(24)

1

343(61)

1

298(53)

1

 

Yes

70(25)

1.96(1.09 to 3.51)

59(21)

2.42(1.21 to 4.85)

120(8)

0.93(0.41 to 2.12)

100(7)

0.57(0.23 to 1.41)

111(22)

1.14(0.65 to 2.00)

93(18)

1.01(0.56 to 1.84)

Alcohol intake per week4

≤ 14

287(73)

1

251(63)

1

464(31)

1

405(28)

1

424(75)

1

369(64)

1

 

>14

17(3)

0.63(0.18 to 2.23)

17(3)

0.51(0.14 to 1.92)

26(3)

1.82(0.51 to 6.55)

24(3)

2.88(0.67 to 12.4)

23(7)

2.04(0.82 to 5.08)

22(7)

2.82(1.18 to 6.72)

  1. 1Employed patients, students
  2. 2Unemployed patients, patients on disability retirement, patients on personal leave or sick leave not caused by the cancer, housewives
  3. 3Early retired (age: 60–64) or retired (age: ≥ 65) employee
  4. 4According to recommendations from the Danish National Board of Health: maximum 21 units per week for men and 14 units per week for women