Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the casesa and controls

From: Incidence and drug treatment of emotional distress after cancer diagnosis: a matched primary care case–control study

 

Cases (n= 7298) % (n)

Controls (n= 14 596) % (n)

Total (n= 21 894) % (n)

OR (95% CI)

Age (mean (s.d.))

68.2 (12.8)

67.0 (13.4)

67.4 (13.2)

b

Female gender

50.7 (3703)

50.7 (7406)

50.7 (11109)

b

Deprivation

 DepCat1 (least deprived)

6.4 (464)

6.1 (887)

6.2 (1351)

Reference

 DepCat2

11.1 (812)

11.6 (1696)

11.5 (2508)

0.88 (0.74–1.04)

 DepCat3

20.0 (1462)

20.6 (3004)

20.4 (4466)

0.90 (0.77–1.05)

 DepCat4

31.6 (2303)

31.0 (4522)

31.2 (6825)

0.98 (0.84–1.14)

 DepCat5

15.5 (1128)

15.6 (2283)

15.6 (3411)

0.94 (0.79–1.11)

 DepCat6

11.7 (853)

11.5 (1677)

11.6 (2530)

0.99 (0.82–1.18)

 DepCat7 (most deprived)

3.8 (276)

3.6 (527)

3.7 (803)

1.04 (0.81–1.34)

Urban/Rural status

 Large urban

35.6 (2595)

35.6 (5190)

35.6 (7785)

b

 Other urban

37.2 (2716)

37.2 (5432)

37.2 (8148)

b

 Accessible small town

12.7 (925)

12.7 (1850)

12.7 (2775)

b

 Remote small town

7.7 (560)

7.7 (1120)

7.7 (1680)

b

 Accessible rural

4.0 (292)

4.0 (584)

4.0 (876)

b

 Remote rural

2.9 (210)

2.9 (420)

2.9 (630)

b

Smoking status

    

 Non-smoker

37.8 (2759)

47.0 (6863)

43.9 (9622)

Reference

 Ex-smoker

44.8 (3268)

36.6 (5336)

39.3 (8604)

1.57 (1.48–1.68)

 Smoker

17.4 (1271)

16.4 (2397)

16.8 (3668)

1.35 (1.24–1.46)

Died within 12 months of index date

4.9 (358)

0.1 (20)

1.7 (378)

99.5 (47.1–210.3)

Died within 18 months of index date

5.9 (429)

0.2 (32)

2.1 (461)

52.1 (31.6–85.9)

Palliative care register

7.0 (510)

0 (0)

–

–

Cancer site

 Breast

21.2 (1548)

0 (0)

–

–

 Colorectal

17.4 (1271)

0 (0)

–

–

 Lung

17.8 (1296)

0 (0)

–

–

 Prostate

14.5 (1061)

0 (0)

–

–

 Upper gastro-intestinal

7.4 (537)

0 (0)

–

–

 Melanoma

5.5 (402)

0 (0)

–

–

 Gynaecological

6.1 (447)

0 (0)

–

–

 Urological

10.1 (736)

0 (0)

–

–

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; OR=odds ratio; s.d.=standard deviation.
  2. aCases: patients diagnosed with cancer during the period 1 April 2005–30 September 2008 with no history of mental health problems in the year before cancer diagnosis; controls were age, gender and practice-matched patients with no cancer diagnosis in their medical history.
  3. bNo statistics reported as age, gender and practice (urban/rural data is on practice level, not on patient level) were used for matching.
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