Table 4 Mutually adjusted odds ratios (including 95% CI) of distant metastases in 7574 colonic cancer patients diagnosed in Denmark, 2001–2004, according to age groups
From: Social inequalities in stage at diagnosis of rectal but not in colonic cancer: a nationwide study
Colon | ||
|---|---|---|
Age 18–64 years | Age 65+ years | |
N (distant metastasis/Dukes ABC) | 543/1501 | 1261/4269 |
Fully adjusted | Fully adjusted | |
Age | ||
Age (per year) | 1.00 (0.98–1.01) | 1.00 (0.98–1.01) |
P-value | 0.5185 | 0.4628 |
Sex | ||
Male | 1 | 1 |
Female | 0.82 (0.67–1.00) | 0.78 (0.68–0.89) |
P-value | 0.0481 | 0.0003 |
Gross income: quintiles | ||
First quintile – lowest | 0.94 (0.64–1.40) | 0.92 (0.73–1.17) |
Second quintile | 0.73 (0.51–1.05) | 1.00 (0.81–1.24) |
Third quintile | 0.85 (0.61–1.19) | 0.96 (0.78–1.18) |
Fourth quintile | 0.91 (0.66–1.25) | 0.93 (0.76–1.13) |
Fifth quintile – highest | 1 | 1 |
P-value | 0.4307 | 0.9661 |
Highest education | ||
Short | 1 | 1 |
Medium | 1.17 (0.90–1.52) | 0.89 (0.76–1.05) |
Higher | 1.13 (0.79–1.60) | 0.82 (0.64–1.06) |
Unknown/born before 1920 | 2.09 (1.00–4.37) | 0.87 (0.70–1.09) |
P-value | 0.2225 | 0.3028 |
Employment | ||
Out of workforce | 0.95 (0.73–1.25) | |
Wage earners – basic level | 1 | |
Wage earners – higher level | 0.83 (0.62–1.13) | |
P-value | 0.5051 | |
Housing status | ||
Owner–occupied | 1 | 1 |
Rental | 1.24 (0.97–1.58) | 0.98 (0.85–1.12) |
P-value | 0.0896 | 0.7306 |
Cohabiting | ||
Living with partner | 1 | 1 |
Single | 1.09 (0.85–1.38) | 1.11 (0.96–1.30) |
P-value | 0.5084 | 0.1716 |
