Table 1.
Distribution and Association of Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors by Stage at Diagnosis: Multivariate Analysis
| Total | Stage of cancer | Logistic regression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | Early | Late | OR | 95% CI | P | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| <50 | 74 | 43.3 | 49.4 | 38.3 | 1 | – | – |
| ≥50 | 97 | 56.7 | 50.6 | 61.7 | 0.73 | 0.21–2.56 | 0.62 |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Housewife | 167 | 94.9 | 93.8 | 95.8 | |||
| Other | 9 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 4.2 | |||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married | 99 | 56.6 | 53.8 | 58.9 | 1 | – | |
| Other§ | 76 | 43.3 | 46.3 | 41.1 | 5.00 | 1.43–16.66 | 0.01 |
| Educational level | |||||||
| Educated | 35 | 20.5 | 26.0 | 16.0 | |||
| Illiterate | 136 | 79.5 | 74.0 | 84.0 | |||
| Residence area | |||||||
| Urban | 121 | 60.8 | 60.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Rural | 78 | 39.2 | 40.0 | 43.8 | |||
| Socioeconomic level | |||||||
| Medium | 20 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 8.4 | 1 | – | |
| Low | 154 | 88.5 | 84.8 | 91.6 | 5.26 | 0.78–50.00 | 0.09 |
| Health insurance | |||||||
| Yes | 9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | |||
| No | 162 | 94.7 | 94.8 | 94.7 | |||
| Distance* | |||||||
| <100 Km | 60 | 40.3 | 44.3 | 37.5 | 1 | – | |
| ≥100 Km | 89 | 59.7 | 55.7 | 62.5 | 4.51 | 1.35–15.11 | 0.01 |
| History of cancer** | |||||||
| Yes | 29 | 16.8 | 25.3 | 9.6 | 1 | - | |
| No | 144 | 83.2 | 74.7 | 90.4 | 14.28 | 2.22–100 | 0.005 |
| Bleeding*** | |||||||
| Yes | 172 | 89.6 | 93.9 | 87.3 | 1 | – | |
| No | 20 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 12.7 | 25.00 | 1.62–333 | 0.02 |
§
Single, widowed and divorced
*
Distance between residence area and place of diagnosis
**
History of familial antecedent of cancer
***
Bleeding as first gynecological symptom