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Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted odds of cancer for the three groupings of symptom perception

From: Patients who take their symptoms less seriously are more likely to have colorectal cancer

How seriously patients took any symptoms*

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)#

Less/lot less seriously

1.85 (1.29, 2.64)

1.47 (1.00, 2.14)

Same [Referent Group]

1.00

1.00

More/lot more seriously

0.56 (0.36, 0.88)

0.79 (0.50, 1.27)

P-value

<0.001**

0.04

  1. # Adjusted for age, sex, previous colonoscopy, NSAID use, aspirin use, anaemia, diverticulitis, abdominal pain, bleeding and mucus.
  2. ** p-value for trend <0.0001, p-value for departures from linear trend = 0.242.