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. 2012 Nov 26;12:557. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-557

Table 4.

Characteristics of subjects by mode of first primary cancer detection

  Mode of First Primary Cancer Detection
Non-screen-detected
Screen-detected
Univariate
Multivariate*
N (%) N (%) OR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)
Age
 Old (≥60 y)
201 (75.9)
64 (24.2)
1.00
1.00
 Young (40 ≤ y <60)
174 (70.5)
73 (29.6)
1.32 (0.89–1.95)
0.91 (0.55–1.51)
Gender
 Female
192 (73.3)
70 (26.7)
1.00
1.00
 Male
183 (73.2)
67 (26.8)
1.00 (0.68–1.49)
0.99 (0.56–1.74)
Marital status
 Not married (single, divorced, widowed)
67 (77.0)
20 (23.0)
1.00
1.00
 Married
308 (72.5)
117 (27.5)
1.27 (0.74–2.19)
0.97 (0.53–1.79)
Education
 Less than high school
131 (79.4)
34 (20.6)
1.00
1.00
 High school and above
244 (70.3)
103 (29.7)
1.68 (1.07–2.62)
1.41 (0.83–2.41)
Monthly household income
 <2 million won
284 (78.7)
77 (21.3)
1.00
1.00
 ≥2 million won
91 (60.3)
60 (39.7)
2.43 (1.61–3.67)
2.23 (1.39–3.58)
Insurance
 Medicaid/none/others
74 (78.7)
20 (21.28)
1.00
1.00
 National health insurance
301 (72.0)
117 (28.0)
1.40 (0.82–2.40)
1.17 (0.64–2.15)
Cancer types
 Stomach
67 (63.2)
39 (36.8)
1.00
1.00
 Lung
27 (69.2)
12 (30.8)
0.76 (0.35–1.68)
0.80 (0.34–1.88)
 Liver
28 (66.7)
14 (33.3)
0.86 (0.40–1.82)
0.85 (0.38–1.90)
 Colon/Rectum
62 (83.8)
12 (16.2)
0.33 (0.16–0.69)
0.33 (0.15–0.72)
 Breast
80 (70.8)
33 (29.2)
0.71 (0.40–1.25)
0.56 (0.27–1.17)
 Cervix
11 (78.6)
3 (21.4)
0.47 (0.12–1.78)
0.41 (0.09–1.77)
 Others
100 (80.7)
24 (19.4)
0.41 (0.23–0.75)
0.38 (0.20–0.72)
Stage
 In situ & local
203 (72.0)
79 (28.0)
1.00
1.00
 Regional
172 (74.8)
58 (25.2)
0.87 (0.58–1.29)
0.92 (0.59–1.42)
Years since diagnosis
 2 ≤ y <5
231 (70.6)
96 (29.4)
1.00
1.00
 ≥5 y
144 (77.8)
41 (22.2)
0.69 (0.45–1.04)
0.60 (0.38–0.94)
Comorbidity
 No
154 (81.5)
35 (18.5)
1.00
1.00
 Yes
221 (68.4)
102 (31.6)
2.03 (1.31–3.14)
2.05 (1.29–3.28)
Smoking, current
 No
350 (72.8)
131 (27.2)
1.00
1.00
 Yes
25 (80.7)
6 (19.4)
0.64 (0.26–1.60)
0.68 (0.26–1.80)
Drinking, current
 No
322 (72.9)
120 (27.2)
1.00
1.00
 Yes 53 (75.7) 17 (24.3) 0.86 (0.48–1.55) 0.62 (0.32–1.20)

Abbreviations: N number, y year, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.

*Adjusted for all variables in univariate analysis.