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Table 4 Baseline demographics for patients investigated with direct access CT head imaging over 5-year period (N = 2938)

From: Direct access CT for suspicion of brain tumour: an analysis of referral pathways in a population-based patient group

Patient variable

Significant Brain tumour

 

All

Present (n = 42)

Gender

 Female, N (%)

1748 (60)

23 (55)

Age (years)

 Mean, SD

55.6 (18.56)

60.2 (14.38)

Age group in years, N (%)

 16–29

335 (11.4)

1 (2.4)

 30–39

287 (9.8)

1 (2.4)

 40–49

436 (14.8)

9 (21.4)

 50–59

547 (18.6)

6 (14.3)

 60–69

567 (19.3)

15 (35.7)

 70–79

464 (15.8)

7 (16.6)

 80+

302 (10.3)

3 (7.1)

Radiological interval (days)

 Mean [95% CI]

17.3 [16.9,17.6]

14.6 [12.4,16.7]*

  1. *statistically significant difference (t-test), p = 0.05