Table a4 Findings in relation to variation in lung cancer diagnosis at stage I vs stages II–IV

From: Variation in advanced stage at diagnosis of lung and female breast cancer in an English region 2006–2009

 

Complete case analysis

Multiple imputation

Missing stage=stage III/IV

 

OR

95% LCI

95% UCI

OR

95% LCI

95% UCI

FMI

OR

95% LCI

95% UCI

Women

Ref.

–

–

Ref.

–

–

–

Ref.

–

–

Men

1.14

1.03

1.25

1.13

1.03

1.25

0.170

1.15

1.05

1.27

15–49

1.33

0.93

1.90

1.23

0.86

1.75

0.197

1.31

  

50–54

1.00

0.74

1.35

0.96

0.71

1.30

0.157

0.95

0.93

1.84

55–59

1.26

0.99

1.61

1.22

0.96

1.55

0.119

1.23

0.71

1.27

60–64

0.96

0.79

1.18

0.95

0.78

1.16

0.150

0.95

0.97

1.56

65–69

Ref.

–

–

Ref.

–

–

–

–

0.78

1.15

70–74

0.82

0.68

0.97

0.80

0.68

0.96

0.109

0.82

0.69

0.98

75–79

0.74

0.62

0.88

0.72

0.60

0.86

0.171

0.75

0.64

0.89

80–84

0.73

0.61

0.88

0.73

0.61

0.87

0.16

0.78

0.65

0.93

⩾85

0.66

0.54

0.81

0.68

0.55

0.83

0.23

0.76

0.62

0.92

Most affluent

Ref.

–

–

Ref.

–

–

–

Ref.

–

–

2

0.94

0.81

1.09

0.97

0.84

1.12

0.138

0.95

0.82

1.10

3

0.97

0.83

1.12

1.01

0.87

1.17

0.184

0.97

0.84

1.12

4

0.98

0.84

1.14

1.04

0.89

1.21

0.209

0.99

0.86

1.15

Deprived

0.81

0.66

0.99

0.91

0.75

1.10

0.186

0.82

0.67

0.99

Adenocarcinoma

Ref.

–

–

Ref.

–

–

–

Ref.

–

–

Squamous cell carcinoma

0.91

0.79

1.05

0.89

0.77

1.02

0.116

0.83

0.72

0.95

Other non-small cell types

2.07

1.77

2.42

1.97

1.70

2.29

0.099

1.87

1.61

2.18

Small cell carcinoma

4.06

3.23

5.12

3.90

3.10

4.92

0.207

3.94

3.14

4.94

Large cell carcinoma

1.51

0.97

2.36

1.44

0.93

2.22

0.065

1.29

0.83

1.99

Carcinoid

0.02

0.00

0.18

0.02

0.00

0.15

0.764

1.53

0.87

2.70

Specified other

0.41

0.03

6.63

0.74

0.06

9.27

0.627

2.30

0.29

18.35

Unspecified other

1.94

1.67

2.24

1.85

1.59

2.15

0.289

2.07

1.80

2.37

  1. Abbreviations: OR=odds ratio; Ref=reference; LCI=lower confidence interval;
  2. UCI=upper confidence interval; FMI=fraction of missing information (for each respective variable category, it denotes the proportion of the estimation that used imputed missing information).
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