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Table 3 Results of Logistic Regression Analysis

From: Transfer between hospitals as a predictor of delay in diagnosis and treatment of patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer – a register based cohort-study

 

Time from referral to end of primary investigation ≤ 28 days

Time from end of primary investigation to first day of treatment ≤ 14 days

Time from referral to first day of treatment ≤ 42 days

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Transfer (yes vs no)

0.82 (0.74;0.92a)

0.66 (0.61;0.72a)

0.63 (0.58;0.69a)

Age (high vs low)

0.85 (0.76;0.94a)

0.91 (0.83;0.99a)

0.78 (0.71;0.86a)

Sex (males vs female)

0.92 (0.83;1.03)

1.05 (0.96;1.14)

1.02 (0.93;1.12)

Stage (high vs low)

2.08 (1.84;2.37a)

1.17 (1.05;1.30a)

2.02 (1.81;2.25a)

Treatment (cur vs pal)

1.68 (1.47;1.91a)

0.72 (0.65;0.81a)

1.23 (1.10;1.38a)

CCI (increasing)

0.83 (0.77;0.91a)

0.91 (0.85;0.97a)

0.84 (0.78;0.90a)

ECOG (increasing)

1.08 (1.03;1.14a)

0.94 (0.90;0.98a)

1.00 (0.96;1.05)

FEV1 (increasing)

0.94 (0.88;1.00)

1.09 (1.04;1.15a)

1.03 (0.98;1.09)

Year (increasing)

0.98 (0.94;1.01)

1.29 (1.26;1.33a)

1.17 (1.05;1.20a)

  1. asignificance at 95% level