Table 3 Mutually adjusted odds ratios (including 95% CI) of distant metastases in 7725 rectal cancer patients diagnosed in Denmark, 1995–1999 and 2001–2004, according to age groups
From: Social inequalities in stage at diagnosis of rectal but not in colonic cancer: a nationwide study
Rectum | ||
|---|---|---|
Age 18–64 years | Age 65+ years | |
N (distant metastasis/Dukes ABC) | 556/2206 | 1104/3859 |
Fully adjusted | Fully adjusted | |
Age | ||
Age (per year) | 0.98 (0.96–0.99) | —a |
P-value | 0.0016 | 0.049 |
Sex | ||
Male | 1 | 1 |
Female | 0.84 (0.69–1.02) | 0.88 (0.76–1.01) |
P-value | 0.0837 | 0.0867 |
Gross income: quintiles | ||
First quintile – lowest | 0.72 (0.48–1.06) | 1.61 (1.27–2.05) |
Second quintile | 1.14 (0.81–1.60) | 1.38 (1.08–1.76) |
Third quintile | 1.03 (0.75–1.43) | 1.29 (1.01–1.60) |
Fourth quintile | 1.00 (0.73–1.37) | 1.27 (1.01–1.60) |
Fifth quintile – highest | 1 | 1 |
P-value | 0.0624 | 0.0038 |
P-value – trend | 0.0002 | |
Highest education | ||
Short | 1 | 1 |
Medium | 0.87 (0.70–1.09) | 1.03 (0.86–1.24) |
Higher | 0.66 (0.47–0.93) | 1.14 (0.86–1.52) |
Unknown/born before 1920 | 1.17 (0.66–2.05) | 1.09 (0.86–1.39) |
P-value | 0.0779 | 0.7651 |
P-value – trend | 0.0190b | |
Employment | ||
Out of workforce | 1.31 (1.02–1.70) | |
Wage earners – basic level | 1 | |
Wage earners – higher level | 1.07 (0.81–1.43) | |
P-value | 0.1166 | |
Housing status | ||
Owner–occupied | 1 | 1 |
Rental | 1.15 (0.91–1.44) | 1.21 (1.05–1.40) |
P-value | 0.2348 | 0.0097 |
Cohabiting | ||
Living with partner | 1 | 1 |
Single | 0.95 (0.75–1.20) | 1.28 (1.09–1.50) |
P-value | 0.6551 | 0.0021 |
