Table 4 Adjusted associations between sex, age, smoking status, symptom burden and diagnostic imaging among patients who presented lung cancer symptoms in general practice.
From: Changes in diagnostic evaluation of patients with lung cancer symptoms
Total imaging | First choice of imaging | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chest X-ray | CT of the thorax | |||||
2012 (N = 2538) | 2022 (N = 2229) | 2012 (N = 2538) | 2022 (N = 2229) | 2012 (N = 2538) | 2022 (N = 2229) | |
Adj. OR (95% CI) | Adj. OR (95% CI) | Adj. OR (95% CI) | Adj. OR (95% CI) | Adj. OR (95% CI) | Adj. OR (95% CI) | |
Sex (ref: females) | ||||||
Males | 1.00(0.83;1.20) | 1.00(0.81;1.24) | 0.98(0.81;1.20) | 0.98(0.77;1.25) | 1.11(0.65;1.88) | 1.05(0.74;1.48) |
Age groups (years) | ||||||
55-79 years | 1.40(1.08;1.82) | 1.28(0.94;1.74) | 1.22(0.93;1.60) | 1.26(0.88;1.81) | 4.37(1.65;11.59) | 1.23(0.73;2.06) |
80+ years | 1.29(0.82;2.03) | 1.24(0.76;2.02) | 1.20(0.75;1.92) | 1.21(0.69;2.14) | 2.34(0.50;11.05) | 1.24(0.56;2.76) |
Smoking status (ref: never) | ||||||
Former | 1.47(1.17;1.84) | 1.26(1.00;1.58) | 1.48(1.17;1.88) | 1.33(1.02;1.73) | 1.15(0.62;2.13) | 1.05(0.72;1.52) |
Current | 1.23(0.95;1.60) | 1.17(0.85;1.61) | 1.28(0.98;1.68) | 1.09(0.75;1.59) | 0.83(0.39;1.76) | 1.26(0.76;2.10) |
Symptom burden (symptom) | ||||||
2 symptoms | 1.25(1.01;1.55) | 1.37(1.10;1.72) | 1.30(1.04;1.62) | 1.45(1.12;1.87) | 0.87(0.46;1.65) | 1.10(0.75;1.60) |
≥3 symptoms | 2.66(1.87;3.80) | 1.25(0.82;1.90) | 2.58(1.80;3.71) | 0.97(0.57;1.64) | 1.88(0.77;4.57) | 1.74(0.95;3.17) |
