Table 1 The distribution of symptom perception and the cancer prevalence, for all five symptom perception categories
From: Patients who take their symptoms less seriously are more likely to have colorectal cancer
How seriously patients thought they took any symptoms* | Total | Cancer | Unadjusted OR (95% CI)** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | Cases | Prevalence% | ||
A lot less seriously | 362 | 4.7 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.38 (0.71, 2.68) |
Less seriously | 976 | 12.8 | 39 | 4.0 | 2.02 (1.37, 2.98) |
Same [Referent Group] | 4,115 | 53.9 | 83 | 2.0 | 1.00 |
More seriously | 1,799 | 23.6 | 22 | 1.2 | 0.60 (0.38, 0.97) |
A lot more seriously | 382 | 5.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.39 (0.12, 1.22) |
Total | 7634 | 100 | 157 | ||