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 | |
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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