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Table 2 Characteristics of study population and patients with non-responding GP

From: The role of general practice in routes to diagnosis of lung cancer in Denmark: a population-based study of general practice involvement, diagnostic activity and diagnostic intervals

 

GP responders:

 
 

GP involved

GP not involved

P-value

All responders

Non-responders:

P-value

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

 

All

464

(68.3)

215

(31.7)

 

690

(71.1)

281

(28.9)

 

Sex:

 Male

265

(57.1)

110

(51.2)

0.1471

379

(54.9)

168

(59.8)

0.1671

 Female

199

(42.9)

105

(48.8)

 

311

(45.1)

113

(40.2)

 

Age:

 Mean

68.5

 

70.1

 

0.0691

69.0

 

69.7

 

0.1741

 18-39 years

3

(0.7)

2

(0.9)

0.0402

5

(0.7)

2

(0.7)

0.4612

 40-59 years

89

(19.2)

32

(14.9)

 

123

(17.8)

45

(16.0)

 

 60-79 years

306

(65.9)

136

(63.3)

 

448

(64.9)

184

(65.5)

 

 80+ years

66

(14.2)

45

(20.9)

 

114

(16.6)

50

(17.8)

 

Education:

  ≤ 10 years

207

(44.6)

111

(51.6)

0.0822

324

(47.0)

145

(51.6)

0.1052

 11-15 years

186

(40.1)

78

(36.3)

 

266

(38.6)

106

(37.7)

 

  > 15 years

51

(11.0)

18

(8.4)

 

71

(10.3)

19

(6.8)

 

 Unknown

20

(4.3)

8

(3.7)

 

29

(4.1)

11

(3.9)

 

Marital status:

 Cohabitating

276

(59.5)

110

(51.2)

0.0422

391

(56.7)

166

(59.1)

0.5072

 Living alone

188

(40.5)

105

(48.8)

 

298

(43.2)

115

(40.9)

 

 Unknown

     

1

(0.1)

   

Comorbidity 3 :

 0

283

(61.0)

82

(38.1)

0.0012

367

(53.2)

154

(54.8)

0.5142

 1-2

143

(30.8)

91

(42.3)

 

240

(34.8)

99

(35.2)

 

 3+

38

(8.2)

42

(19.6)

 

83

(12.0)

28

(10.0)

 

TNM stage:

Localised

69

(14.9)

42

(19.5)

0.1232

114

(16.5)

62

(22.1)

0.0422

Advanced

395

(85.1)

173

(80.5)

 

576

(83.5)

219

(77.9)

 
  1. 1Differences between groups were tested by Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test. 2Differences between groups were tested by the Kruskal-Wallis test. 3Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) from NPR (index date: day before diagnosis).