Table 5.

The association of time between diagnosis and first major resection with excess mortality, stratified by subsite and stage

Variable/Model	Time between diagnosis and major resection
	Less than 25 days				25-38 days	More than 38 days
	Excess hazards ratio	95% Confidence interval			Excess hazards ratio	Excess hazards ratio	95% Confidence interval
Subsite
Colon
Crude model	1.92	1.68	to	2.19	1.00	1.18	1.01	to	1.40
Age-adjusted	1.91	1.68	to	2.17	1.00	1.17	1.00	to	1.37
Adjusted for all covariates1	1.71	1.50	to	1.94	1.00	1.19	1.02	to	1.38
Rectosigmoid
Crude model	1.59	1.14	to	2.22	1.00	1.12	0.78	to	1.61
Age-adjusted	1.54	1.12	to	2.12	1.00	1.02	0.72	to	1.46
Adjusted for all covariates1	1.31	0.96	to	1.79	1.00	1.03	0.74	to	1.45
Rectum
Crude model	1.28	1.05	to	1.55	1.00	1.11	0.93	to	1.34
Age-adjusted	1.28	1.07	to	1.54	1.00	1.09	0.91	to	1.30
Adjusted for all covariates1	1.17	0.97	to	1.39	1.00	1.11	0.94	to	1.32
Stage
A
Crude model	1.56	1.13	to	2.15	1.00	1.25	0.91	to	1.72
Age-adjusted	1.66	1.22	to	2.25	1.00	1.29	0.95	to	1.74
Adjusted for all covariates2	1.58	1.16	to	2.14	1.00	1.25	0.93	to	1.68
B
Crude model	1.60	1.44	to	1.78	1.00	1.22	1.08	to	1.38
Age-adjusted	1.58	1.43	to	1.75	1.00	1.19	1.05	to	1.33
Adjusted for all covariates2	1.52	1.37	to	1.68	1.00	1.15	1.02	to	1.29

¹adjusted for age, sex, region of residence, stage, grade, morphology, deprivation quintile and period.

²adjusted for age, sex, region of residence, subsite, grade, morphology, deprivation quintile and period.