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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Aug 8;28(9):1166–1174. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03826.x

Table 4. Association between risk of mortality and the duration of lag period between referral and diagnosis of CRC in 289 patients (83 deaths) diagnosed during January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2005 at the MEDVAMC.

Adjustment Hazard Ratio 95% CI p-value
Lag between Referral and CRC Diagnosis* None 0.84 0.73-0.97 .02
Stage CRC at diagnosis 0.95 0.82-1.10 .49
CRC Treatment 0.89 0.77-1.02 .10
*

Modeled as log lag