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).

From: Smoking status, symptom significance and healthcare seeking with lung cancer symptoms in the Danish general population

 

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)

  1. Adjusted for gender, age, symptom concern, symptom influence, concern about current health, chronic disease, work market affiliation, educational level and ethnicity.
  2. Bold: Statistically significant.