Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression models showing associations between symptom concern, symptom influence on daily activity, overall concern about current health and contact to the general practitioner (GP) with at least one specific and non-specific lung cancer symptoms, respectively, stratified on smoking status (adjusted odds ratios).
GP contact with at least one specific lung cancer symptom (n = 4935) | GP contact with at least one non-specific lung cancer symptom (n = 10,296) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never OR (95% CI) | Former OR (95% CI) | Current OR (95% CI) | Never OR (95% CI) | Former OR (95% CI) | Current OR (95% CI) | |
Symptom concern | ||||||
None at all | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Slight | 2.3 (1.4; 3.6) | 2.4 (0.5; 11.6) | 2.5 (0.5; 12.6) | 1.3 (0.9; 1.9) | 1.2 (0.4; 3.8) | 1.1 (0.4; 3.3) |
Moderate | 4.4 (2.6; 7.3) | 30.9 (3.5; 270.0) | 2.4 (0.4; 14.3) | 2.5 (1.7; 3.7) | 2.4 (0.8; 7.1) | 1.6 (0.5; 4.8) |
Quite a bit/Extreme | 9.4 (5.6; 15.9) | 9.4 (1.5; 60.5) | 18.6 (2.2; 160.8) | 6.1 (4.1; 9.2) | 12.1 (3.8; 38.8) | 11.2 (3.9; 32.2) |
Influence on daily activity | ||||||
None at all | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Slight | 2.1 (1.3; 3.5) | 3.3 (0.6; 16.7) | 3.2 (0.6; 17.0) | 1.6 (0.7; 3.7) | 0.3 (0.1; 0.7) | 0.5 (0.1; 2.4) |
Moderate | 3.6 (2.1; 6.0) | 15.4 (2.2; 110.6) | 3.2 (0.5; 21.9) | 3.3 (1.4; 7.4) | 0.4 (0.2; 1.0) | 0.4 (0.1; 2.0) |
Quite a bit/extreme | 14.2 (8.2; 24.6) | 41.4 (4.9; 347.6) | 8.9 (1.4; 54.3) | 8.2 (3.6; 18.5) | - | 2.5 (0.6; 10.2) |
Overall concern about current health | ||||||
None at all | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Slight | 1.4 (0.8; 2.4) | 2.0 (0.3; 11.0) | 1.0 (0.2; 5.0) | 1.5 (0.9; 2.3) | 2.8 (0.3; 24.3) | 0.6 (0.2; 1.8) |
Moderate | 2.5 (1.4; 4.5) | 3.4 (0.5; 21.5) | 0.6 (0.1; 4.2) | 2.1 (1.3; 3.4) | 8.4 (0.9; 76.2) | 1.3 (0.4; 4.1) |
Quite a bit/Extreme | 3.4 (1.9; 6.3) | 2.4 (0.3; 16.8) | 0.6 (0.1; 4.2) | 3.8 (2.3; 6.3) | - | 2.2 (0.7; 7.2) |