Table 3 Association between individual comorbid conditions and diagnostic interval.

From: The effect of comorbidities on diagnostic interval for lung cancer in England: a cohort study using electronic health record data

Comorbidity

Adjusted Ba (95% CI) in days (n = 11870)

p

CHD

18.46 (13.51, 23.41)

<0.001

Depression/anxiety

12.51 (4.88, 20.14)

0.001

Epilepsy

13.61 (−1.90, 29.12)

0.085

Diabetes

−5.56 (−11.53, 0.41)

0.068

Osteoporosis

10.28 (2.10, 18.46)

0.014

Asthma

30.61 (25.00, 36.22)

<0.001

COPD

59.07 (53.98, 64.16)

<0.001

ACE

7.73 (3.28, 12.17)

<0.001

  1. aRegression coefficients are adjusted for age at diagnosis, year at diagnosis, usual consultation frequency, increase in consultation frequency in year before diagnosis, presenting clinical problem and other conditions shown in table.
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