Table 2 Prevalence ratiosa and 95 % CI of most important symptom and the five symptom attributions
From: Symptom attributions in patients with colorectal cancer
Cancer | Benign somatic causes | Psychological causes | Lifestyle-related causes | Causes beyond individual control | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
Blood in stool | ||||||||||
No | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Yes | 1.91 (1.44–2.52) | 1.94 (1.46–2.58) | 1.37 (1.18–1.60) | 1.36 (1.05–1.76) | 0.86 (0.65–1.14) | 0.89 (0.68–1.18) | 0.75 (0.54–1.03) | 0.76 (0.52–1.11) | 1.07 (0.91–1.27) | 1.10 (0.93–1.30) |
Abdominal pain | ||||||||||
No | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Yes | 0.73 (0.46–1.15) | 0.76 (0.48–1.20) | 0.70 (0.52–0.93) | 0.65 (0.44–0.97) | 1.20 (0.88–1.64) | 1.06 (0.70–1.61) | 1.43 (1.04–1.95) | 1.26 (0.83–1.92) | 0.97 (0.77–1.22) | 0.97 (0.77–1.22) |
Change in bowel habits | ||||||||||
No | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Yes | 0.84 (0.60–1.17) | 0.80 (0.57–1.13) | 1.11 (0.94–1.31) | 1.10 (0.87–1.45) | 1.01 (0.77–1.33) | 1.02 (0.72–1.46) | 1.19 (0.89–1.59) | 1.24 (0.86–1.78) | 0.96 (0.80–1.16) | 0.96 (0.80–1.16) |
Other symptomsb | ||||||||||
No | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
Yes | 0.57 (0.37–0.89) | 0.54 (0.33–0.86) | 0.71 (0.55–0.90) | 0.75 (0.53–1.05) | 1.03 (0.76–1.40) | 1.05 (0.71–1.56) | 0.82 (0.57–1.19) | 0.86 (0.54–1.35) | 0.97 (0.79–1.19) | 0.94 (0.76–1.16) |