Table 4.
Adjusted relative risk of mortality by presence or absence of an alarm symptom
| N | Deaths | HRa | 95% CI | P-value | |
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| Urinary tract | |||||
| Haematuria symptom | 842 | 265 | Ref | – | |
| No haematuria | 488 | 190 | 1.66 | (1.28 to 2.15) | <0.001b |
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| Lung cancer | |||||
| Haemoptysis symptom | 215 | 161 | Ref | – | |
| No haemoptysis | 1380 | 1208 | 1.29 | (1.10 to 1.51) | 0.002b |
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| Gastro-oesophageal cancer | |||||
| Dysphagia symptom | 349 | 287 | Ref | – | |
| No dysphagia | 505 | 406 | 0.92 | (0.78 to 1.09) | 0.333 |
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| Colorectal cancer | |||||
| Rectal bleeding symptom | 451 | 145 | Ref | – | |
| No rectal bleeding | 1294 | 650 | 1.74 | (1.42 to 2.13) | <0.001b |
a
Age and sex adjusted.
b
Statistical significance at the 0.05 level or the 0.001 level. HR = hazard ratios for mortality following diagnosis date. N = number. Ref = reference category.